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TIME's 100 iconic photos. Just a few of them are from the Ukraine

24.11.2023
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The 100 best photographs of the year were published by TIME magazine in November.

"In 2023, a year defined by the rapid growth of AI images, it has become clear that photojournalism is more important than ever," writes Katherine Pomerantz, the magazine's photo editor.

The images highlight the major events and turning points of the outgoing year. The collection includes photographs of the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey, the crash of passenger trains in India, the coronation of the new British monarch, Charles III, the regions of Israel hit by Hamas attacks and the many wounded civilians in Gaza, as well as the Russian-Ukrainian war. 

This year's TIME magazine selection includes 9 photos from Ukraine. Last year, the number of photos from Ukraine was much higher - 25 images by leading Ukrainian and foreign photographers.

The photographs show children injured in the war, soldiers on the front line, medics at work in a stabilization point and civilians escaping a Russian missile attack:

Maxim Dondyuk for The New Yorker. The hands of a Ukrainian soldier from the 28th Brigade as he sits a few hundred metres from enemy trenches in Bakhmut on 26 March. Many of the soldiers' hands are cracked and as black as dirt because they are constantly digging trenches,

Yevhen Maloletka for AP(?). Ukrainian medics rescue a wounded soldier near Bakhmut on 26 February,

Nicole Tang for the NYT. Young patients with painted faces in a shelter at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv on 1 June,

David Guttenfelder for the NYT. A wounded Ukrainian soldier on a medical stretcher smokes his last cigarette before being taken away by medics from the Ukrainian volunteer medical battalion Hospitallers. Donetsk region, Ukraine, 12 September,

Tyler Hicks for The New Yorker. All that remains of a Russian soldier on a road in the Donetsk region on September 26. The next day, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a summer counterattack had recaptured the village of Staromayorske from Russian troops,

Libkos for AP. A bird's eye view of Bakhmut, the scene of some of the heaviest battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on 22 June,

Anna Kudryavtseva for Reuters. A wounded Ukrainian soldier lies in a frontline medical stabilization unit during Russia's attack on Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 23,

Daniel Cole for AP. Relatives and friends of Oleksiy Zavadsky, a Ukrainian soldier killed in a battle in Bakhmut on 15 January, gathered during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, 19 January,

Oleksandr Magula for AR. A family runs away from an explosion after a Russian missile attack on a residential area in Pervomaisk. Kharkiv region, Ukraine, 4 July.

"I have photographed many funerals of Ukrainian soldiers, like any other photographer. My colleagues and I were on our way to Pervomaisk on an editorial assignment to photograph a soldier's funeral," said Oleksandr Magula, the author of the photo in TIME's selection. "We heard a distinctive rustling in the sky, followed by an explosion and panic. The first thing I saw was a mother and two girls running towards me, terrified. That's when I took my first pictures".

The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Bildeditor: Vyacheslav Ratynskyi
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar

Read also: The bodies of the dead among the burned books. The consequences of the Russian attack on the printing house in Kharkiv in the photos of Olexandr Magula

The 100 best photographs of the year were published by TIME magazine in November.

"In 2023, a year defined by the rapid growth of AI images, it has become clear that photojournalism is more important than ever," writes Katherine Pomerantz, the magazine's photo editor.

The images highlight the major events and turning points of the outgoing year. The collection includes photographs of the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey, the crash of passenger trains in India, the coronation of the new British monarch, Charles III, the regions of Israel hit by Hamas attacks and the many wounded civilians in Gaza, as well as the Russian-Ukrainian war. 

This year's TIME magazine selection includes 9 photos from Ukraine. Last year, the number of photos from Ukraine was much higher - 25 images by leading Ukrainian and foreign photographers.

The photographs show children injured in the war, soldiers on the front line, medics at work in a stabilization point and civilians escaping a Russian missile attack:

Maxim Dondyuk for The New Yorker. The hands of a Ukrainian soldier from the 28th Brigade as he sits a few hundred metres from enemy trenches in Bakhmut on 26 March. Many of the soldiers' hands are cracked and as black as dirt because they are constantly digging trenches,

Yevhen Maloletka for AP(?). Ukrainian medics rescue a wounded soldier near Bakhmut on 26 February,

Nicole Tang for the NYT. Young patients with painted faces in a shelter at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv on 1 June,

David Guttenfelder for the NYT. A wounded Ukrainian soldier on a medical stretcher smokes his last cigarette before being taken away by medics from the Ukrainian volunteer medical battalion Hospitallers. Donetsk region, Ukraine, 12 September,

Tyler Hicks for The New Yorker. All that remains of a Russian soldier on a road in the Donetsk region on September 26. The next day, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a summer counterattack had recaptured the village of Staromayorske from Russian troops,

Libkos for AP. A bird's eye view of Bakhmut, the scene of some of the heaviest battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on 22 June,

Anna Kudryavtseva for Reuters. A wounded Ukrainian soldier lies in a frontline medical stabilization unit during Russia's attack on Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 23,

Daniel Cole for AP. Relatives and friends of Oleksiy Zavadsky, a Ukrainian soldier killed in a battle in Bakhmut on 15 January, gathered during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, 19 January,

Oleksandr Magula for AR. A family runs away from an explosion after a Russian missile attack on a residential area in Pervomaisk. Kharkiv region, Ukraine, 4 July.

"I have photographed many funerals of Ukrainian soldiers, like any other photographer. My colleagues and I were on our way to Pervomaisk on an editorial assignment to photograph a soldier's funeral," said Oleksandr Magula, the author of the photo in TIME's selection. "We heard a distinctive rustling in the sky, followed by an explosion and panic. The first thing I saw was a mother and two girls running towards me, terrified. That's when I took my first pictures".

The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Bildeditor: Vyacheslav Ratynskyi
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar

Read also: The bodies of the dead among the burned books. The consequences of the Russian attack on the printing house in Kharkiv in the photos of Olexandr Magula

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