Page Title: ukrainian news from the eyes of photographers.
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.
read more
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.
read more
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.
read more
“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.
read more
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.
read more
Breaking News
News
Наразі сайт працює в тестовому режимі, тож будемо дуже вдячні, якщо допоможете нам стати кращими! Якщо у вас виникнуть будь-які технічні проблеми чи зауваження, будь ласка, пишіть нам 📩 Ми будемо на зв'язку та оперативно виправимо всі помилки 🙂
·
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. ‍
·
Мікрогрантова та менторська програма для підтримки українських фотографів від UAPP. Програма включатиме чотири менторські курси та підсумковий конкурс для учасників. Після чого ми надамо фінансову підтримку у розмірі 8000€ фотографам, які створюватимуть
·
Наразі сайт працює в тестовому режимі, тож будемо дуже вдячні, якщо допоможете нам стати кращими! Якщо у вас виникнуть будь-які технічні проблеми чи зауваження, будь ласка, пишіть нам 📩 Ми будемо на зв'язку та оперативно виправимо всі помилки 🙂
·
Наразі сайт працює в тестовому режимі, тож будемо дуже вдячні, якщо допоможете нам стати кращими! Якщо у вас виникнуть будь-які технічні проблеми чи зауваження, будь ласка, пишіть нам 📩 Ми будемо на зв'язку та оперативно виправимо всі помилки 🙂
·
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. ‍
·
Мікрогрантова та менторська програма для підтримки українських фотографів від UAPP. Програма включатиме чотири менторські курси та підсумковий конкурс для учасників. Після чого ми надамо фінансову підтримку у розмірі 8000€ фотографам, які створюватимуть
·
Наразі сайт працює в тестовому режимі, тож будемо дуже вдячні, якщо допоможете нам стати кращими! Якщо у вас виникнуть будь-які технічні проблеми чи зауваження, будь ласка, пишіть нам 📩 Ми будемо на зв'язку та оперативно виправимо всі помилки 🙂
·
News
UAPP Projects
Photo Stories
Grants
News Stories
January 19, 2025
This is some text inside of a div block.
New reality requires new visual languages. New York MoMA magazine about Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
The magazine of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) has dedicated an issue to Ukrainian photographers who rethink their art in the context of war. The focus is on the works of Lisa Bukreeva from Kyiv, Olena Subach from Lviv, and Vladyslav Krasnoshchek from Kharkiv.
read more
News Stories
January 15, 2025
This is some text inside of a div block.
The Revolution of Dignity: How Ukrainian documentary photographers preserved the history of the struggle for European values
Euromaidan, or the Revolution of Dignity, is the prehistory of the Great War. Civil protests under the flags of Ukraine and the EU turned into a struggle for democracy and the opportunity to vote with incendiary mixtures and cobblestones in their hands. The dead protesters of the Heavenly Hundred became the first victims of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Eleven years have passed since then, and Ukraine still continues to pay a high price for European values.
read more
News Stories
January 9, 2025
This is some text inside of a div block.
Photo as a weapon of truth: how FotoEvidence and UAPF document the war in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, in partnership with FotoEvidence, is implementing the three-year FotoEvidence Ukraine initiative, which has been documenting the Russian invasion since 2014 through photo books and exhibitions. This large-scale project, supported by the Open Society Foundations and the Renaissance Foundation, aims to preserve the memory of the war and support photographers who risk their lives for the sake of truth.‍
read more
News Stories
December 29, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
“Is being Ukrainian equal to being a target for Russia?” 2024 - the year of countering propaganda in the images of Ukrainian documentary photographers
Throughout its existence, Russia has undermined Ukrainian statehood, despising its borders and rejecting independence.
read more
News Stories
December 27, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
What did the international press publish in December? A selection of photos by Ukrainian photographers
Sasha Maslov's photos were published by The New York Times and The Atlantic.
read more
News Stories
December 20, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
Russian ballistics in the center of Kyiv: the consequences of missile attacks through the lens of documentary filmmakers
On the morning of December 20, Russian troops attacked Kyiv using Kinzhal air defense missiles and Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, all five ballistic missiles were shot down by air defense forces.
read more
Exhibitions
8.1.2023
This is some text inside of a div block.
«The Bearing Witness: Documenting War Crimes in Mariupol, Ukraine»
The photo exhibition was created in cooperation with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP), FRONTLINE PBS and the Associated Press. The exhibition featured the works of Ukrainian documentary photographers, UAPF members and Pulitzer Prize winners Mstislav Chernov and Yevhen Malolletka.
read more
Social Projects
5.4.2013
This is some text inside of a div block.
WIKI loves Earth
In 2014, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) became a partner of the international photo contest Wiki Loves Earth. "Wiki Loves Earth" is a photo competition dedicated to Ukraine's natural monuments. The main objective of the contest is to create as comprehensive a database of photographs of natural landmarks and objects of the nature reserve fund in Ukraine as possible under a free license for illustrating Wikipedia and other projects.
read more
Social Projects
11.5.2021
This is some text inside of a div block.
Charity event "All-Ukrainian pajama day"
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) in partnership with the Ronald McDonald House Charity supported the All-Ukrainian Pajama Day, an event that annually brings together thousands of people to help children stay close to their families during treatment.
read more
Social Projects
7.4.2021
This is some text inside of a div block.
Festival "From a country to Ukraine"
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF) has become a partner of the festival "From Country to Ukraine", which aims to help local communities in eastern Ukraine fill their cities with an atmosphere of unity, support and a sense of Ukrainian spirit.
read more
Social Projects
3.12.2020
This is some text inside of a div block.
"Peeping through the windows"
The aim of the project is to draw society's and authorities' attention to the problem of the decline of valuable buildings and to promote the work of Ukrainian photographers and the history of Ukrainian photography. Using the empty windows of an abandoned building as frames for photographs is a synthesis of photography and architecture. They enrich each other with new meanings and seem to speak to the observer: "conscious effort to preserve history is necessary in all areas of our nation's cult"
read more
Research Projects
15.8.2019
This is some text inside of a div block.
Ukrainian archival photography
The "Ukrainian Archival Photography" project is a non-commercial initiative of the public organization "Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers" (UAPP). The project aims to research and popularize Ukrainian archival photography, create a comprehensive view of photography's development in Ukraine, and promote the culture of preserving and studying photographic heritage.
read more
Photo Stories
Mar 24, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
“I don't know when you'll get this message,” my friend writes to me. “You're always on time,” I reply. Photo with the story through the eyes of Olena Huseynova
I saw her smile. And she saw that I saw her, too. And that I smile too. We talked about why we learned to pause before saying something that could scare. And about why we talk so much and there are so few stories left. We talked for a long time. She moved around the apartment. I turned on the lights in the kitchen. I turned off the light in the kitchen. And lit it in the living room. And then her phone ran out.
read more
Photo Stories
Mar 10, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
“One life is enough for a drone: Olena Huseynova and photo of the week
Vyacheslav Ratinsky took this photo back in winter, in February. One of the Ukrainian charitable foundations transfers FPV drones to the military, on which people from all over Ukraine have been pouring money for several months. Two thousand FPV drones laid out in long thin black and white lines on the floor of a large pavilion. Between these lines, the Ukrainian military holds one of the drones in his hands like a toy.
read more
Photo Stories
Mar 3, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
The small one is protected by the big one. Olena Huseynova analyses the Photo of the Week
Iva Sidash took this photo on 24 February 2024 in Washington, DC, at the Lincoln Memorial, during a rally marking the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion. The boy is sitting on the steps of the monument. A large Ukrainian flag is waving above him. He is holding a small Ukrainian flag. The small one is protected by the big one.
read more
Photo Stories
Feb 25, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
How much time and effort will it take for everyone to return? Olena Huseynova analyses the Photo of the Week
On 20 February, 11 Ukrainian children abducted by Russians were returned to Ukraine. The crossing took place in the evening on the border between Ukraine and Belarus, in the Volyn region. Roman Pylypei's photo was taken during this return. It shows no signs of a disaster. The night, a car, the lights on, a woman and a child in the back seat. Everything resembles a nativity scene. A portable two-stage baroque wooden puppet theatre with the appearance of "great joy" in the world being performed.
read more
Photo Stories
Feb 11, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
Words pale before hatred, personal and all-encompassing. Olena Huseynova analyses the Photo of the Week
On the evening of 9 February, Russian attack drones from the Belgorod region targeted Kharkiv. Several of them hit the tanks of an oil depot in the Nemyshlyansky district. Fuel leaked out, mixed with snow, and spread across the street, causing a huge fire. Rescuers fought the fire and searched for victims throughout the night and into the next day.
read more
Photo Stories
Feb 8, 2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
Pain is universal, evil is real. Olena Huseynova analyzes the photo of the week
I met her in December on the train Przemysl — Kyiv. There was free space in my compartment, and the conductor dropped it off at me. She apologized - the train from Prague was late, the train to Kiev, for which she had a ticket, did not wait. I seemed to sympathize. And maybe not. I remember little of what was before her phrase: “My husband is in captivity.” But everything that happened after that phrase, I remember very well.
read more
Grant
1.6.2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
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.
read more
Grant
7.9.2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
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.
read more
Grant
7.9.2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
Mobile Photography Awards
$10,000 призовій фонд: $3000 Гран-прі, $250 для кожного з наших переможців у категоріях і багато іншого!
read more
Grant
6.9.2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
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.
read more
Grant
6.9.2024
This is some text inside of a div block.
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. 
read more
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
This is some text inside of a div block.
2024 Lucie Scholarship Program
Lucie Foundation підтримує широкий спектр форматів: від образотворчого мистецтва до документального кіно та фотожурналістики. 
read more

Photo Stories

Photo Story
Jan 15, 2025
How and what stories to pitch to international media. Tips from photographer Sasha Maslov
Photo Story
Jan 12, 2025
Pokrovsk: military holding the line, civilians hoping for peace. Photo report by Anton Shtuka
Photo Story
Dec 30, 2024
“People feel a little better when they share their experiences.” Karina Pilyugina on her experience of documenting the war
Photo Story
Dec 29, 2024
A photo with a story: Never before have so many of us gathered at one table
Photo Story
Dec 24, 2024
“No photo is worth a life": war through the lens of Oleh Petrasyuk
Photo Story
Dec 23, 2024
What photos by Ukrainian photographers were included in the photo collections of the year by CNN, Reuters, TIME, The New York Times

Our partners

We tell the world about Ukraine through the prism of photography.

Join and support the community of Ukrainian photographers.

UAPP is an independent association of professional Ukrainian photographers, designed to protect their interests, support, develop and promote Ukrainian photography as an important element of national culture.
‍
UAPP's activities span educational, social, research and cultural initiatives, as well as book publishing.
‍
UAPP represents Ukrainian professional photography in the international photographic community and is an official member of the Federation of European Photographers (FEP) — an international organization representing more than 50,000 professional photographers in Europe and other countries around the world.

Support and join us
Facebook IconInstagram IconX IconTelegram AppYoutube Icon
Contact Us
DATE AND REGISTRATION NUMBER: 26.03.2013 N 1 480 102 0000 055347 TAX CODE: 38631633 УПРАВЛІННЯ
© 2023 UAPP. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy
Legal Notice