The photobook “Brave to Carry the Light” about the most difficult winter in the history of independent Ukraine was published in cooperation with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers and the publishing house Ist publishing house. It contains photographs of more than 30 Ukrainian authors and authors who during the autumn of 2022, winter and spring 2023 recorded the energy crisis due to the destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure facilities by the Russian military. First of all, it is a visual edition about the struggle of Ukrainians for light — from outside and inside, as well as about the courage of each and everyone to continue working in their fields, because darkness disappears where the light comes out.

The publication includes a foreword by the famous Ukrainian cultural figure Vlad Troitsky, as well as accompanying texts to three chapters and captions to photographs of the authors, which further expand the context.

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Authors and authors of photographs: Andriy Poleshko, Andriy Yakymenko, Anton Fedorov, Vadim Sarahan, Vyacheslav Ratynskyi, Anna Kopylova, Grigory Veprik, Dmytro Greshko, Yevgeny Zavgorodniy, Yevhen Maloletka, Mykhailo Palinchak, Mstislav Chernov, Nazariy Parkhomyk, Nazar Furyk, Oleg Petrasyuk, Oleksandr Popenko, Alexey Filippov, Olena Pakhomova, Olena Tytarenko, Pavel Petrov, Pavel Podufalov, Polina Polikarpova, Roman Ketkov, Ruslan Singaievev Sacha Maslov, Sergey Denisenko, Sergey Kovalev, Sergey Korovayny, Sergey Melnychenko, Sergey Mikhalchuk, Sergey Morgunov, Sergey Ristenko, Sergey Sivyakov, Yurko Dyachishin.

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