Ukrainian documentary filmmaker and member of the Association from the first months of the invasion began filming for Associated Press and European Pressphoto Agency. Starting from Borodyanshchyna, where Georgy was born, continuing his journey through the front line: Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Kherson region, now his attention was concentrated on Donetsk region. The turning point in his photography was that he lived in Bakhmut for almost a month. Throughout December and January, he documented the lives of the townspeople, carrying a backpack and sleeping bag, sharing life with locals in basements, volunteers, medics, military, and firemen.
As part of the UAFF grant support for documentary photographers, implemented with the support of the International Press Institute, we continue to share documentary projects of photographers.
“I'm everywhere, but I'm hard to feel or see.
A lot of people want me,
But not everyone understands what I can be.
My being is eternity,
which is sealed in a tree
in the steppe
in the ground,
and often stands next to me,
while the world of the sun goes,
-death.”
the book of Ecclesiastes, or the preacher, 3:17-19
- I think that's how I would describe myself calm if I could say something.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the just.
and unjust, for there is time for every cause, and
every business out there.
18 I said in my heart, This is for the sons of men,
that God may test them, and that they may see that they are like beasts,
19 For the fate of the sons of man and the fate of the beast is the same fate
for them: as these eyes die, so do they die, and for all
one breath, and there is no superiority over the animal to men,
useless for everything!...
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 3:17-19
For everything there is a time, and an hour for each business under the sky:
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck out what is planted,
time to kill and time to heal, time to destroy and time to build
a time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to sob and a time to dance
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to evade hugs, a time to seek and a time to perplex, a time to collect and a time to scatter,
time to tear and time to sew, time to be silent and time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace!
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 3:1-8
A lot has changed. The heat of horror has passed, resources were oversaturated with information, everything is mixed, running without stopping.
Accustomed to the bloody pictures, to the epic work of artillery and constant raids and fires, we have generally seen what war is like from all its literal angles.
These same animal depictions propose to stop in the landscape, and in pure death, which is more intimate and perhaps a little romanticized, but at the same time realistic and harsh.
7 And again I saw vanity under the sun:
8 And there is a man alone, and he hath no other, and he hath no son or brother, and there is no end to all his labors: neither shall the eye be satisfied with his riches, nor shall he say, For whom do I care, and deprive my soul of goodness? This is a waste and a waste of work...
9 It is better for two than one, for they have a good reward for their labors,
10 And if they fall, one will lift up his friend. But woe to one, when he falls, and there is no other to bring him down...
11 And when the two shall lie down together, they shall be warm: but how shall one be warm?
12 And whosoever shall attack one, they shall stand against him together: and the threefold thread shall not be broken soon.
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 4:7-12
6 Sow your seed in the morning, and let not thy hand rest in the evening: for thou knowest not what is best for thee, this or that, or both are equally good.
7 And the light is sweet, and it is good for my eyes to see the sun,
8 And when a man lives long years, let him rejoice over all of them, and remember the days of darkness: for they shall be many, and all that cometh is vain.
9 Rejoice, young man, with your youth, and your heart
May yours be merry in the days of your youth!
And walk in the ways of your heart and the vision of your eyes,
But know that for all this God will bring you to justice!
10 Therefore drive away sorrow from your heart, and
Remove evil from your body, for both childhood and the early dawn of life are vain.
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 11:6-10
I add terms from the book Ecclesiastovto immerse the viewer in the value and principle of life, which can be interrupted at any moment.
But in the definition of the word “God”, I invest a more pantheistic doctrine of the vision of the world, immersing it in the context of nature as something higher and divine.
4 Whoever is among the living has hope: for it is better for a living dog than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, and there is no reward for them: for the memory of them is forgotten,
6 And their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are already dead, and they have no part for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
7 Go therefore, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, when God hath pleased thee thy works.
8 Let your clothes be white all the time, and let there be no lack of oil on your head.
9 Heal life with the woman whom thou lovest, all the days of thy vanity, which God hath given for thee under the sun, for all the days of thy vanity: for this is thy destiny in life and in thy labor, which thou toil under the sun.
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 9:4-9
Landscapes of Donetsk and Slobozhanshchyna.
Photos collected in November-December 2023.
With this material, I want to thank the work of forensic experts, warriors, rescuers, and other living beings who experience such specific pain.
Ukrainian documentary filmmaker and member of the Association from the first months of the invasion began filming for Associated Press and European Pressphoto Agency. Starting from Borodyanshchyna, where Georgy was born, continuing his journey through the front line: Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Kherson region, now his attention was concentrated on Donetsk region. The turning point in his photography was that he lived in Bakhmut for almost a month. Throughout December and January, he documented the lives of the townspeople, carrying a backpack and sleeping bag, sharing life with locals in basements, volunteers, medics, military, and firemen.
As part of the UAFF grant support for documentary photographers, implemented with the support of the International Press Institute, we continue to share documentary projects of photographers.
“I'm everywhere, but I'm hard to feel or see.
A lot of people want me,
But not everyone understands what I can be.
My being is eternity,
which is sealed in a tree
in the steppe
in the ground,
and often stands next to me,
while the world of the sun goes,
-death.”
the book of Ecclesiastes, or the preacher, 3:17-19
- I think that's how I would describe myself calm if I could say something.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the just.
and unjust, for there is time for every cause, and
every business out there.
18 I said in my heart, This is for the sons of men,
that God may test them, and that they may see that they are like beasts,
19 For the fate of the sons of man and the fate of the beast is the same fate
for them: as these eyes die, so do they die, and for all
one breath, and there is no superiority over the animal to men,
useless for everything!...
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 3:17-19
For everything there is a time, and an hour for each business under the sky:
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck out what is planted,
time to kill and time to heal, time to destroy and time to build
a time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to sob and a time to dance
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to evade hugs, a time to seek and a time to perplex, a time to collect and a time to scatter,
time to tear and time to sew, time to be silent and time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace!
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 3:1-8
A lot has changed. The heat of horror has passed, resources were oversaturated with information, everything is mixed, running without stopping.
Accustomed to the bloody pictures, to the epic work of artillery and constant raids and fires, we have generally seen what war is like from all its literal angles.
These same animal depictions propose to stop in the landscape, and in pure death, which is more intimate and perhaps a little romanticized, but at the same time realistic and harsh.
7 And again I saw vanity under the sun:
8 And there is a man alone, and he hath no other, and he hath no son or brother, and there is no end to all his labors: neither shall the eye be satisfied with his riches, nor shall he say, For whom do I care, and deprive my soul of goodness? This is a waste and a waste of work...
9 It is better for two than one, for they have a good reward for their labors,
10 And if they fall, one will lift up his friend. But woe to one, when he falls, and there is no other to bring him down...
11 And when the two shall lie down together, they shall be warm: but how shall one be warm?
12 And whosoever shall attack one, they shall stand against him together: and the threefold thread shall not be broken soon.
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 4:7-12
6 Sow your seed in the morning, and let not thy hand rest in the evening: for thou knowest not what is best for thee, this or that, or both are equally good.
7 And the light is sweet, and it is good for my eyes to see the sun,
8 And when a man lives long years, let him rejoice over all of them, and remember the days of darkness: for they shall be many, and all that cometh is vain.
9 Rejoice, young man, with your youth, and your heart
May yours be merry in the days of your youth!
And walk in the ways of your heart and the vision of your eyes,
But know that for all this God will bring you to justice!
10 Therefore drive away sorrow from your heart, and
Remove evil from your body, for both childhood and the early dawn of life are vain.
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 11:6-10
I add terms from the book Ecclesiastovto immerse the viewer in the value and principle of life, which can be interrupted at any moment.
But in the definition of the word “God”, I invest a more pantheistic doctrine of the vision of the world, immersing it in the context of nature as something higher and divine.
4 Whoever is among the living has hope: for it is better for a living dog than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, and there is no reward for them: for the memory of them is forgotten,
6 And their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are already dead, and they have no part for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
7 Go therefore, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, when God hath pleased thee thy works.
8 Let your clothes be white all the time, and let there be no lack of oil on your head.
9 Heal life with the woman whom thou lovest, all the days of thy vanity, which God hath given for thee under the sun, for all the days of thy vanity: for this is thy destiny in life and in thy labor, which thou toil under the sun.
book Ecclesiastov, or preacher, 9:4-9
Landscapes of Donetsk and Slobozhanshchyna.
Photos collected in November-December 2023.
With this material, I want to thank the work of forensic experts, warriors, rescuers, and other living beings who experience such specific pain.
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