About
Joanna
JDworks was founded by Joanna Duchesne in 2020 to bring together a team of professionals providing a full range of audiovisual production services. For over 20 years, she ran video production units in NGOs and charities, and co-ran a socially minded film cooperative for seven years.
Joanna loves the creative alchemy making stories with others, to nurture talent, and to laugh a lot. She speaks French, Spanish, Polish and is trying to learning Russian.
Listening to and enabling others
As a child, Joanna was slightly deaf. Following an operation and therapy, her hearing became normal. This sparked a lifelong fascination with sounds and how people speak. She runs mindful classes to help others speak confidently and hosts a regular podcast. Her mindful approach can be found here.
About
Katerina
Katerina Kouzmitcheva is a Belarusian photographer, currently based in Wroclaw, Poland, working at the intersection of genres, documentary and art photography. Katerina obtained her Degree in Business law and worked for a decade in international economic relations. She then graduated from St. Petersburg’s Academy of Photojournalism “Fotografika” with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland.
Katerina enjoys the art of visual storytelling. She makes pictures that call attention to things that people overlook or don’t want to see. Katerina has taken part in group and solo exhibitions. Publications include Bird in Flight, Monovisions, Dodho, Regnum UA. Katerina likes to share her experience and also works as a teacher of photography.
She speaks Belarusian, Russian, English and Polish.
“Joanna is open and friendly, ready to work together for a common goal, and does everything to deliver what she has committed to. She’s also a very interesting and pleasant person to work with (and discuss things with). She’s also managed to understand the client at the Commission, which has really helped us to create impactful products with effective messaging.”