Tatsiana Chypsanava is a documentary photographer based in Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand. Originally from Belarus and a descendant of the Komi peoples of the Siberian Northwest Ural, she focuses her work on Indigenous rights, migration, and environmental issues
Chypsanava is a member of Diversify Photo and Women Photograph, organizations that promote diversity in the photography industry. She is a grantee of the Wellcome Trust and Pulitzer Center.
Chypsanava contributes to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and New Zealand Geographic amongst others and she has exhibited at the Photoville Festival in 2023. She is fluent in several languages, including English, Russian, Portuguese.