#9 - Svet Jacqueline (American documentary photographer based in Ukraine) in Kyiv

Svet Jacqueline is an American documentary photographer based in Kyiv, covering the war in Ukraine for the Wall Street Journal and others. Before Ukraine, she covered BLM, migration at the US-Mexico border, and wildfires. She was diagnosed with ADD at 11 — more than two decades before this conversation — and has spent her adult life building the systems, workarounds, and hard-won self-knowledge that keep her functioning in one of the most demanding, unpredictable environments on earth.This episode is a little different. Recorded in Kyiv, it's as much a conversation between two friends and colleagues as it is an interview — two conflict photojournalists with ADHD comparing notes on what it actually means to live and work this way. They get into the particular chaos of freelance life with ADD, what it's like to be diagnosed as a child versus an adult, why weed makes everything worse, the relationship between risk-taking and ADHD, medication dependency and what happens on the days you forget it, visual memory so sharp Svet once recognized a stranger on a New York street from a single glance at a painting four years earlier — and Laurel's theory that the closer you get to the front line, the higher the incidence of ADHD among people who don't have to be there.🎙️ Guest: Svet Jacqueline — documentary photographer, Kyiv, Ukraine. Work published in Wall Street Journal and others. Previously covered BLM, US-Mexico border migration, and wildfires.🧠 All My Friends Have ADHD is hosted by journalist and filmmaker Laurel Chor.📍Recorded on July 24, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine 📝 Description generated with AI assistance.Send us Fan MailWatch episode videos on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday.