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Mykhaylo Palinchak
Nominated by
Fotofestiwal Lodz
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Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russian militaries and authorities have committed multiple war crimes all over Ukraine in the form of deliberate attacks on civilian targets, abduction, illegal captivity and torture of civilians, torturing of POWs, massacres of civilians, torture and rape, and indiscriminate attacks in densely populated areas.
Mykhaylo Palinchak with his photo series documents places of Russian war crimes all over Ukraine such as torture rooms in Kherson, a mass grave in Izum and Bucha, school in Yahidne village, destroyed civilian objects all over Ukraine, looted Kherson Fine Art Museum etc. The photo series highlights the cold void that the Russian world brings and leaves behind.
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The Artist
Mykhaylo Palinchak
Nominated in
2024
By
Fotofestiwal Lodz
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Ukrainian street and documentary photographer currently residing and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Master degree in International Economics of the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National University. He has pursued photography since 2008. Since 2012 member of the Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (UPHA) and since 2014 of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP). In 2014 - 2019, he was the official photographer of the President of Ukraine. Founder of ‘Untitled' online magazine and co-founder of Ukrainian Street Photography group. Member of PEN Ukraine since 2022. Author of the photo book “Anamnesis” (2020) and art-book “Maidan Faces” (2020). Since the beginning of full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine concentrated mostly on documenting war crimes and impact of war on civilians.
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Sirens' whisper
On February 24, 2022, life in Ukraine changed completely. Millions of people were fleeing the war from the central and eastern regions of the country to the west and abroad. Those who remained were hiding in bomb shelters, started volunteering and took up weapon in their arms to defend the country, their cities and streets. Thousands of destroyed houses, thousands of ruined lives…
The sound of sirens warning about danger from the sky has been heard in our cities and on our streets since the first day of the war. Ukrainians have already gotten used to this sound, but actually it is a constant reminder that we live in a new world, unthinkable and dangerous.
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