The main international photo contest World Press Photo announced the regional winners. In Europe, Ukrainian photographer Yulia Kochetova received the award for documenting the Russian-Ukrainian war. Her photo project War is personal gained primacy in the category “Open format”.
“This multidisciplinary presentation of the photographer tells about the war through her subjective experience and at the same time allows her to add more emotion and symbolism than the photographs themselves could convey,” the award's website says.
Yulia Kochetova dedicated the award to people who continue to fight every day, Ukrainian photographers, as well as women in this field. She noted that her work is possible thanks to the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which since 2014 have been protecting the country from Russian occupation.
“I want Ukrainian photography of this war to be remembered as a first-person story. Do not fly a drone. Not a wide frame of graves and bombed streets. In the wide frame, it is easy to lose a person. Just honestly tell one personal story,” said. Julia.
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Recall that in 2023, the photo report of a Ukrainian photographer, a participant of the UAFF won the World Press Photo competition Yevhena Maloletky. One of the works is a pregnant woman who is taken out of the hospital by the Ukrainian military after the bombing. His footage from the destroyed maternity hospital became one of the symbols of Russian aggression.
Julia Kochetova— Ukrainian documentary filmmaker who has covered the occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbas since 2014. Her work has been published by the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Huffington Post, The National Geographic and others. Since February 2022, Julia has been actively documenting the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine.
The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
The main international photo contest World Press Photo announced the regional winners. In Europe, Ukrainian photographer Yulia Kochetova received the award for documenting the Russian-Ukrainian war. Her photo project War is personal gained primacy in the category “Open format”.
“This multidisciplinary presentation of the photographer tells about the war through her subjective experience and at the same time allows her to add more emotion and symbolism than the photographs themselves could convey,” the award's website says.
Yulia Kochetova dedicated the award to people who continue to fight every day, Ukrainian photographers, as well as women in this field. She noted that her work is possible thanks to the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which since 2014 have been protecting the country from Russian occupation.
“I want Ukrainian photography of this war to be remembered as a first-person story. Do not fly a drone. Not a wide frame of graves and bombed streets. In the wide frame, it is easy to lose a person. Just honestly tell one personal story,” said. Julia.
Recall that in 2023, the photo report of a Ukrainian photographer, a participant of the UAFF won the World Press Photo competition Yevhena Maloletky. One of the works is a pregnant woman who is taken out of the hospital by the Ukrainian military after the bombing. His footage from the destroyed maternity hospital became one of the symbols of Russian aggression.
Julia Kochetova— Ukrainian documentary filmmaker who has covered the occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbas since 2014. Her work has been published by the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Huffington Post, The National Geographic and others. Since February 2022, Julia has been actively documenting the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine.
The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
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