Oleksandr Babenko is a documentary photographer and videographer from Kharkiv. During the events of the Revolution of Dignity, he decided to go into journalism and received a master's degree in journalism from the Ukrainian Catholic University. Before the full-scale invasion, he worked in film production in Kyiv. Since the end of February 2022, he has been working as a local producer for foreign media in the frontline areas. He focuses on news coverage and reporting near the contact line. Most often works with Associated Press, EPA, Getty Images, Reuters and others.
Mostly works in the Donetsk region. He worked a lot in Bakhmut and continues to cover this area of the frontline.
He paid maximum attention to covering the consequences of Russian aggression on the civilian population and documenting the work of the Ukrainian military. He covered the liberation of Andriivka, the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in Kherson, the defense of Bakhmut, the liberation of the Kharkiv region and other events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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.
