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Yevgenia Belorusets, Lucky Breaks, 2018

An Uncanny Chronicle of Ukraine, Before and After the War

What does “Lucky Breaks,” Yevgenia Belorusets’s foreboding book of fiction and documentary pictures, tell us about the cycles of history and myth in Ukraine?

The Photographers Who Showed the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War

In images made before the Russian invasion in 2022, three Ukrainian photographers preserve social memory—and witness a nation striving to define its sovereignty.

Boris Mikhailov on Liberation, Vulgarity, and Chance in Photography

Throughout his career, the irreverent Ukrainian photographer has flirted with conceptual and documentary traditions to subvert Soviet-era visual codes.
Synchrodogs, Ukraine, 2011

A Ukrainian Photography Duo’s Fantastical World

Known for their vivid imagery, Synchrodogs have worked with some of the world’s leading magazines and brands—but since the war in Ukraine began, they have been stuck in limbo.

“Please Tell the World What Is Happening to Us”: A Photographer’s Account of Covering the War in Ukraine

Natalie Keyssar speaks about her powerful, yet devastating photographs from Ukraine—and the essential need for photography in a moment of crisis.
Oleg Maliovany, Fresco, 1973–74

The Dissident Photographers of Ukraine

Besieged by the Russian invasion, the city of Kharkiv has a long history of artistic experimentation—and in the Soviet era, photographers upheld a counterculture tradition.

7 Ways the Photography Community Is Responding to the War in Ukraine

From an exhibition by Stephen Shore to fundraising print sales, photographers, collectors, and arts organizations are expressing their support for the Ukrainian people.

Between Dusk and Dawn

Tobias Zielony captures the colors and moods of Ukraine’s queer nightlife.

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Aperture 254

This spring, Aperture presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their ongoing Counter Histories grant initiative, featuring artists from around the world who tell new stories about how the past informs the present.