Yana Kova is a Russian-born photographer based in San Francisco, California. She began her practice in Siberia, documenting street scenes around the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, and later worked as a freelance wedding photographer. Her projects have taken her through the English countryside, Prague’s historic architecture, and the streets of San Francisco. In 2023, her Aloha series won Best Documentary Project (B&W) at the Paris International Photo Awards. In 2025, she began The Mission Statement, a project exploring the culture of San Francisco’s Mission District, and was later admitted to the International Center of Photography’s Documentary Visual Storytelling program.
