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Cities in flames: a photo chronicle of the shelling of Kharkiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia
Massive drone attacks, ballistic missiles, dozens of wounded and dead civilians — from April 28 to May 2, Russia attacked at least nine Ukrainian cities. Residential areas, hospitals, and schools were once again targeted. Explosions were heard in Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kherson, and frontline communities. Children were injured, dozens of people were wounded, and critical infrastructure was destroyed.
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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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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
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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 🙂
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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 🙂
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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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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
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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 🙂
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Photo Stories
27.4.2025
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Again about the photo that did not stop the war
This will be a different text from those that are usually published in this column. In the context of recent discussions in the professional community and beyond, I am making another unsubstantiated assumption: we are angry because nothing is stopping the war.
Photo Stories
27.4.2025
Again about the photo that did not stop the war
This will be a different text from those that are usually published in this column. In the context of recent discussions in the professional community and beyond, I am making another unsubstantiated assumption: we are angry because nothing is stopping the war.
Photo Stories
23.4.2025
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"Nobody survives in wars": documentary project by Lisa Bukreeva
We continue to introduce you to the finalists of our annual grant support for documentary photographers - an initiative implemented by UAPP with the support of the International Press Institute. "Nobody survives in wars" - a new project by Lisa Bukreeva, which tells about doctors at a stabilization point in the Kharkiv region. This is a project about the love of life, which becomes a challenge. And about those who take it every day.
Photo Stories
23.4.2025
"Nobody survives in wars": documentary project by Lisa Bukreeva
We continue to introduce you to the finalists of our annual grant support for documentary photographers - an initiative implemented by UAPP with the support of the International Press Institute. "Nobody survives in wars" - a new project by Lisa Bukreeva, which tells about doctors at a stabilization point in the Kharkiv region. This is a project about the love of life, which becomes a challenge. And about those who take it every day.
News Stories
21.4.2025
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Russian terror in the Easter week. Good Friday in Kharkiv through the lens of Georgiy Ivanchenko
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter - this week's religious holidays for Ukrainians turned into days of mourning as Russia targeted residential areas, schools, kindergartens, markets and playgrounds. Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa - all of these cities suffered from Russian shelling on the eve of the holidays and during the holidays. 35 dead in Sumy, over 120 injured in Kharkiv, dozens of wounded children. It was another week of terror: from April 14 to April 20, 2025, the Russian army continued its terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities. Russia targeted residential areas, educational and cultural institutions, despite the approach of religious holidays.
News Stories
21.4.2025
Russian terror in the Easter week. Good Friday in Kharkiv through the lens of Georgiy Ivanchenko
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter - this week's religious holidays for Ukrainians turned into days of mourning as Russia targeted residential areas, schools, kindergartens, markets and playgrounds. Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa - all of these cities suffered from Russian shelling on the eve of the holidays and during the holidays. 35 dead in Sumy, over 120 injured in Kharkiv, dozens of wounded children. It was another week of terror: from April 14 to April 20, 2025, the Russian army continued its terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities. Russia targeted residential areas, educational and cultural institutions, despite the approach of religious holidays.
News Stories
19.4.2025
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What did the international press publish in April? A selection of photos by Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
Photos by Oleksandr Babenko and Yevhen Maloletka from Kryvyi Rih, as well as Anatoliy Stepanov and Kostyantyn Liberov from Pokrovsk were included in the “20 Photos of the Week” selection of The Guardian.
News Stories
19.4.2025
What did the international press publish in April? A selection of photos by Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
Photos by Oleksandr Babenko and Yevhen Maloletka from Kryvyi Rih, as well as Anatoliy Stepanov and Kostyantyn Liberov from Pokrovsk were included in the “20 Photos of the Week” selection of The Guardian.
Photo Stories
16.4.2025
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“I WILL RETURN”: a documentary photo project by Oleksandra Zborovska
“I WILL RETURN” is a documentary photo project created within the framework of the UAPP microgrant program. This project tells the story of artist Daria Zymenko — a story in which occupation, violence, survival and art are intertwined. In February-March 2022, Darya survived the Russian occupation in the Kiev region with her family, suffered sexual violence from the Russian military and dared to speak about it publicly.
Photo Stories
16.4.2025
“I WILL RETURN”: a documentary photo project by Oleksandra Zborovska
“I WILL RETURN” is a documentary photo project created within the framework of the UAPP microgrant program. This project tells the story of artist Daria Zymenko — a story in which occupation, violence, survival and art are intertwined. In February-March 2022, Darya survived the Russian occupation in the Kiev region with her family, suffered sexual violence from the Russian military and dared to speak about it publicly.
Photo Stories
15.4.2025
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Oleksiy Chistotin on the landscapes of war and black-and-white film photographs
Oleksiy Chistotin is a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. In this conversation, he talks about his path in film photography, his experience of shooting in the de-occupied territories, creating art books and working with archives. He also shares his reflections on the war, mobilization, and the support he finds in Kharkiv.
Photo Stories
15.4.2025
Oleksiy Chistotin on the landscapes of war and black-and-white film photographs
Oleksiy Chistotin is a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. In this conversation, he talks about his path in film photography, his experience of shooting in the de-occupied territories, creating art books and working with archives. He also shares his reflections on the war, mobilization, and the support he finds in Kharkiv.

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У цьому розділі зібрані кращі кадри місяця, інтерв'ю з фотографами та великі візуальні матеріали. Відкрийте для себе цікаві історії та події через об'єктив наших талановитих авторів.

Photo Stories
19.3.2025
Rules of the Fight Club: Oleksandr Magula's photo project about Ukrainian football fans
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13.3.2025
“What happened to Bakhmut for a year and a half happened to Toretsk in 6 months”. Report by Konstantin Liberov from the wounded city
Photo Stories
12.3.2025
Vyacheslav Ratynsky's documentary project «Project 206»
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8.3.2025
“This will change the course of the war. I was wrong.” Three years ago, Russians attacked a maternity hospital in Mariupol. The tragedy in the lens of Mstislav Chernov
Photo Stories
8.3.2025
Oksana Parafeniuk: “Virtually all the stories I work on are about war”
Photo Stories
5.3.2025
Roadside views. Oleksiy Chystotin's project

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