Alexander Chekmenev (Oleksandr Chekmenov) (, , born April 1, 1969) is a Ukrainian documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Kyiv.
Chekmenev made his first photo while in school, attended a photoclub and later got a professional certificate from a licensed photo studio in Luhansk in 1988.
He worked for a studio in Luhansk and did small time jobs taking pictures of weddings, birthdays and other occasions. He also occasionally volunteered as a forensic photographer for an ambulance brigade in the city.
In 1997 he was invited to a Kiyv-based daily newspaper as a photojournalist and moved to Kyiv. In 1998 the newspaper ceased operation, Chekmenev became a freelancer and has been working as an independent photojournalist ever since. Today he works as a photojournalist
His first book was called simply Black and White Photographs and was published in 2008 in Kyiv, as a part of series on Ukrainian photography. In 2011 Alexander made a private print of his book Donbass in Germany. Chekmenev created a series of portraits of protestors, called Warriors, as they emerged from the street battles of Euromaidan. His next book Passport was based on his work of 1994/95 and was published in the UK in 2017.