We visited the village right after the withdrawal of the forces and talked to all (five) residents - long report.
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Die Verdammten des Krieges
Man sieht ihn nicht und hört ihn nur nachts. Trotzdem ist der Krieg für den FK Mariupol ein Thema. Denn der ostukrainische Erstligist spielt Fußball kurz vor Front.
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The ”Kremenchuk” combat boat prevents the Russians from blocking Ukrainian ports.
There are currently two "Gurza" combat boats in Ukraine: "Lubny" and "Kremenchuk". Their main task is to protect the passage of ships into the Sea of Azov, to prevent the attacks of Russian military boats.
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«Хочу помереть в степи». Возле Богдановки развели войска. Мы побывали в поселке сразу после разведения и поговорили со всеми (пятью) жителями
Возле Богдановки развели войска. Мы побывали в поселке сразу после разведения и поговорили со всеми (пятью) жителями
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«В таком худом Саше такая сила воли». Как анархист Кольченко стал известным политзаключенным и как он справляется с публичностью и славой.
Как анархист Кольченко стал известным политзаключенным и как он справляется с публичностью и славой
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Abandoned buildings in the town of Pisky. Before the war it had around 2160 inhabitants. The Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE reported in August 2015 that six permanent residents remained in the town.
Donetsk Institute of Agro-Industrial Production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine was located here. It was an institution providing scholar knowledge for agricultural production of the region. It had 7 departments, which consisted of 15 labs. Before the war 50 research fellows used to work here, and among them were 13 PhD’s.
Donetsk region. Ukraine. 2015
Rivne region. Ukraine.
May 2015
.RAW
The .RAW book is the photostory taken by Ukrainian and international photographers in Ukraine Military conflict zone during 2014–2016.
curated by POLEZORU
224 pages 137 pictures 231*259 mm
client and idea of the project NGO StratComUA
texts by Yaroslav Hrytsak and Donald Weber
photos by Ivan Bogdan, Alexander Chekmenev, Alexei Chernyshev, Maxim Dondyuk, Alexey Furman, Aleksandr Glyadyelov, Viktor Gurniak, Brendan Hoffman, Sergii Kharchenko, Oleg Klimov, Julia Kochetova, Oles Kromplyas, Dmytro Kupriyan, Vitalii Lazebnyk, Maks Levin, Sergei Loiko, Markiian Lyseiko, Evgeny Maloletka, Serhiy Morgunov, Vladyslav Musiienko, Illia Myrhorodchenko, Sergii Polezhaka, Valeriy Puzik, Oleksandr Ratushniak, Denis Sinyakov, Vladyslav Sodel, Anatolii Stepanov, Joseph Sywenkyj, Sergey Vaganov, Aleхander Vasukovich, Anastasia Vlasova, Olga Yakimovich, Petro Zadorozhnyy
graphic design by Anton Stogov and Vadym Felik
language: ukrainian & english
paper: arctic volume white 170g combined hardcover textile, laminated, embossed by foil
printing house HASS
isbn 978-617-7110-85-8
first edition 1000
2017
In December 2016, in the abandoned and ruined town of Pisky (Donetsk Region, Ukraine), I found a photo lab in the building of Donetsk Agrarian Institute.
Due to the constant shelling, all windows were broken for a long period of time. In this laboratory, I found two unused reels of expired 120mm Film, which was produced 30 years ago. Over the past three years, the building experienced a severe frost, hot summer air, autumnal moisture, snow, rain etc. I took the reels, but I doubted they will be useable. Two months later, in the Carpathian Mountains, I decided to give it a try. I loaded the old Zeiss Ikon photo camera with the cassette, I found 1,500 km away in the East. The result astonished me: I got several stylish, old-fashioned images when I developed the Film.
When I was shooting Mountains in western Ukraine on the Film from the East, I was not thinking about such a symbolism. 98 years ago, one year after the declaration of independence from Russia: the western and the eastern parts of Ukraine were united for the first time after centuries of the division of Ukrainian lands and its people between the Golden Horde, Poland, Lithuania, later Russia, Ottoman, Austria, and Hungary. This state lasted just a few months, but it was important for understanding Ukraine as a holistic nation and the country, and this understanding laid the foundation of the struggle for independence of the united country.
Dzembronya, Ukraine.
January 2017
Nina has been paralyzed after two strokes she had had. It happened 2 years before the war started. Everything she knows now about the war in Donbas is only what she could hear. She knows this war only by her ear. Local volunteers gathered all the troubled elderly people, such as Nina, under one roof in an abandoned school in Stanitsa Luhanska.
Stanitsa Luhanska. Luhansk region. Ukraine. 2015