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The frontline is not a safari for photographers. A conversation with Ukrainian documentary artists
During the 20 months of full-scale war, photography has become one of the main languages in which Ukraine communicates with the world. It is this language that captures events, records emotions, testifies to crimes, and writes the visual book of history.
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How and what stories to pitch to international media. Tips from photographer Sasha Maslov
The photographer Sasha Maslov talks about finding topics for international media, working with heroes for photo stories, and why a good pitch should be a bit like a thriller, and a so-called cold pitch should be like a first date.
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Pokrovsk: military holding the line, civilians hoping for peace. Photo report by Anton Shtuka
In late 2024, the city of Pokrovsk became one of the hottest spots in eastern Ukraine. This strategically important city, located at the intersection of key transportation routes, has long been known for its coal industry. Today, it is a symbol of resilience, combining human courage and the latest military technology.
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“People feel a little better when they share their experiences.” Karina Pilyugina on her experience of documenting the war
Karina Piliugina is a Ukrainian documentary filmmaker, producer, photographer and a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. She is known for her work in the Ukrainener project, the documentary series “Victory Units” and photos that tell about the struggle of Ukrainians during the war. We asked Karina about her work and projects, about what remains behind the scenes — her emotions, experiences and how she gives them advice through the lens of her camera.
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A photo with a story: Never before have so many of us gathered at one table
The photo by photographer Yurko Dyachyshyn shows a Christmas table in the middle of a festively decorated Lviv street. The uniforms on the empty chairs are a reminder of the soldiers in captivity and missing in action. A simple and very effective image.
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Менторство — це джерело практичних знань, постійна підтримка та особистий підхід. Ми із власного досвіду знаємо, що молодим фотографам необхідно мати комплексний фідбек, отримувати рекомендації, підтримку та мотивацію від людини з експертизою. ‍
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October 8, 2024
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Twice a day, Kharkiv is in the crosshairs. Consequences of the Russian shelling of KABs in the photos of Ivan Samoilov
On October 8, at around 5 p.m., explosions occurred in Kharkiv for the second time that day. A guided aerial bomb hit an open area near a densely populated neighborhood.
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News Stories
October 4, 2024
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Rocket Attack on the village of Groza: What the Propaganda Media Reported
On October 5, 2023, the Russian army shelled the village of Hroza in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region. The strike hit a local café-store, resulting in the deaths of 59 people, including an 8-year-old boy. The Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office reported that nearly half of the local residents who remained in Hroza at that time were killed.
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News Stories
October 3, 2024
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CABs in sleeping Kharkiv and evacuation in the middle of the night. The consequences of the Russian attack on the Saltovka 5-storey building in the photos of Ivan Samoilov
On the night of October 3, the Russian army attacked Kharkiv with five air bombs. According to preliminary data, these were UMPB D-30SN planning bombs. In the morning, the number of people injured in the Russian strike on Kharkiv increased to 12, including a child, said the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleg Synegubov.
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News Stories
October 1, 2024
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Шість авіабомб на Запоріжжя. Наслідки російської атаки на світлинах Катерини Клочкової та Дмитра Смолієнка
Зруйнований дах, вибиті вікна й балкони житлових багатоповерхівок, розтрощені автомобілі, зламані дерева і постраждалі люди — такі наслідки чергової російської атаки по Запоріжжю. 
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News Stories
September 28, 2024
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What did the international press publish in September? A selection of photos by Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers is proud of the documentary photographers whose photos represent Ukraine in the international media and once again draw attention to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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News Stories
September 24, 2024
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“The floors of the building were destroyed from the eighth to the third.” The aftermath of the Russian shelling of Kharkiv in the photos of Georgiy Ivanchenko and Yevhen Gertner
In the afternoon of September 24, 2024, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with air strikes. Today, the targets for Russian bombs are a residential building, a bakery, and a stadium.
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Books
17.10.2024
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Photo book How we walk through the fire
Two years of full-scale war in a photo book by Reporters. 190 documentary shots taken between February 2022 and February 2024. Among the authors of the photos are Danylo Pavlov, Yevhen Malolietka, Serhiy Korovainyi, Viacheslav Ratynskyi and almost 40 other photographers.
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Education
8.2.2024
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Microgrant and Mentorship Program to Support Ukrainian Photographers
The program includes four mentorship courses and a final competition for participants. After that, we will provide financial support of €8,000 to Ukrainian photographers who create projects related to the theme of war. First and foremost, we will support authors who do not have regular access to equipment and resources, giving them additional opportunities to continue their work.
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Exhibitions
4.6.2024
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"SMS from Mariupol"
The Ukrainian Atelier of Culture and Sports, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) and the Innovation Fund in Arts of the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg, presented a series of exhibition projects that served as a photo diary from occupied Mariupol. These projects were exhibited in Stuttgart and Dresden, Germany.
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Books
4.6.2024
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The photobook "Independent. The Story of Modern Ukraine in the Photographs of the Best Documentarians."
The photobook, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, was published with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Book Institute. It contains more than 140 unique documentary photographs from over 60 Ukrainian photographers, arranged chronologically from the proclamation of Ukraine's independence to the present day.
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Exhibitions
4.6.2024
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MARIUPOL: Photographs & Video by Evgeniy Maloletka and Mstyslav Chernov
The exhibition project took place in New York and was realized in collaboration with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP), Howl Arts, and Yara Arts Group. The exhibition showcased photographs and videos by Myroslav Chernov and Yevhen Maloletka.
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Education
4.6.2024
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Photography as a tool of manipulation.
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) and Chekachkov Photo Academy presented a series of lectures by Myroslav Chernov: "Photography as a Tool of Manipulation." Manipulations in the media can occur even without the pressure of censors. The flow of images is everywhere; it defines trends and tastes and influences changes in political regimes. The media constructs reality and has the power to shape the course of history.
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Photo Stories
Dec 7, 2023
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Echoes of Donbass - A documentary project by Tymofii Melnykov
We continue to share the documentary projects of the finalists within the framework of grant support from the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. Timofey Melnikov went to Donetsk region to work on the documentary project “Echoes of Donbass”.
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Photo Stories
Dec 5, 2023
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The sea is gone. A documentary project by Oleksandr Rupeta
The project “Photodocumentarians at the forefront: supporting Ukrainian photographers and their projects” is a microgrant program from the UAFF that helps support Ukrainian documentary photographers who risk their lives to tell the truth about the war in Ukraine. Today we begin to share a series of documentary works of 10 finalists, namely the project of Alexander Rupeta.
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Photo Stories
May 18, 2024
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Life after deportation and before the occupation. Crimean Tatars by Gennadiy Minchenko
On May 18, Ukraine honors the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars. 80 years ago at 3:00am on May 18, 1944, the Soviet authorities began the evacuation of all Crimean Tatars from their native peninsula. At that time, about 200,000 people were forcibly taken out in goods wagons. Almost half died on the road or in the first years after deportation.
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Photo Stories
Apr 14, 2024
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Ukrainian photographers of the twentieth century: who shot what
Photographic shops, photo studios and private photography courses. On the territory of modern Ukraine at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries, photography became commonplace. Artists united in professional and amateur societies. Some people made millions from photographs and gained fame, and some went bankrupt and lost everything. Someone worked as a photojournalist for Soviet newspapers, and someone was a freelancer and travel blogger.
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Photo Stories
Apr 10, 2024
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Alone. Kateryna Moskaliuk's project about the wives of fallen soldiers
The photo project “Alone” is the stories of women from all over Ukraine, whose husbands died during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. Odessa, Lviv, Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Starokostyantyniv or small towns and villages — the pain has no definite location. Photographer Ekaterina Moskalyuk took portraits of the wives of dead servicemen, things that they keep in memory of their husbands, and also photographed friends and close women who help them search for new meanings in life.
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Photo Stories
Apr 26, 2024
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The Chornobyl explosion and nuclear terror during the Russian occupation.The suffering of Chornobyl in the pictures of Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
April 26, 2024 marks 38 years since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. However, since 2022 — this day they remember another tragedy that Chernobyl had to experience — the invasion of Russian troops.
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Grant
1.6.2024
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Фотоконкурси та гранти: що не варто упускати у червні
Усі, хто документує війну, піклується про екологію чи захоплюється чорно-білими знімками — зберігайте червневу підбірку можливостей.
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Grant
7.9.2024
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Fine Art Photography Awards
Мистецтво народжується з пристрасті. Художня фотографія — досконалий інструмент, який дозволяє людині спілкуватися зі світом і ділитися своїм баченням. Вона є результатом глибокої чутливості автора, потреби виразити почуття через зображення, унікального погляду на навколишню дійсність. Це може бути спонтанним, але може бути і свідомим та цілеспрямованим маніфестом. FAPA шукає фотографії, народжені пристрастю — вашою пристрастю.
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Grant
7.9.2024
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Mobile Photography Awards
$10,000 призовій фонд: $3000 Гран-прі, $250 для кожного з наших переможців у категоріях і багато іншого!
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Grant
6.9.2024
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Tokyo International Foto Awards
Tokyo International Foto Awards заохочує всіх фотографів брати участь у фотоконкурсі TIFA. Поділіться своїми унікальними талантами зі світом і виграйте призи, нагороди та визнання.
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Grant
6.9.2024
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The W. Eugene Smith Grant
Одна з найпрестижніших грантових програм для фотографів — імені американського фотоесеїста Вільяма Юджина Сміта, який висвітлював Другу світову війну і приєднався до агентства Magnum. Щоб подати заявку, потрібно відправити біографію та резюме (до двох сторінок), опис проєкту і до 40 своїх знімків. 
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Grant
6.9.2024
The W. Eugene Smith Grant
Одна з найпрестижніших грантових програм для фотографів — імені американського фотоесеїста Вільяма Юджина Сміта, який висвітлював Другу світову війну і приєднався до агентства Magnum. Щоб подати заявку, потрібно відправити біографію та резюме (до двох сторінок), опис проєкту і до 40 своїх знімків. 
Grant
7.9.2024
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2024 Lucie Scholarship Program
Lucie Foundation підтримує широкий спектр форматів: від образотворчого мистецтва до документального кіно та фотожурналістики. 
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Dec 30, 2024
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