He was recently injured in the southern direction, where he was clearing mines.
That day he felt unwell and was smoking a cigarette, leaning on the fence.
At that moment, he was so calm and vulnerable that I wanted to take a picture.
By Kristina Podobed. “Сamaret-sur-mer”, Camaret, 2023
22-year-old Kafa were a drone operator in the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade aka Kholodny Yar.
They are from from Crimea and say that the way home is through the war.
I moved there after the beginning of the great war.
“Maxim”, Lviv, 2023
I took the picture at the end of the summer and I moved to another place right after.
It’s terrible to imagine who else among my friends I will never see.
In a year, I decided to retake these photos a year after to see how we have changed.
“Klementina, call sign Kafa”, Dnipro, April 2023
After her arrival, I finally felt better.
It vividly demonstrates the consequences of Russian aggression.
It shows how your home can be destroyed at any moment and tomorrow may never come.
“Сamaret-sur-mer”, Camaret, 2023
It is about fear, pain and danger.
Words are superfluous here because the image speaks for itself.
His mother left a comment on his last poem: With violets, my dearest son will grow.
“One Year Later, Kyiv”, February 24, 2023
And eternal honour and memory to the dead.
It was made in the early summer of 2022 in the village of Velyka Dymerka.
Every Ukrainian knows: when storks come back to their nests, life returns to cities and villages.
“Untitled series, April 2022”, for New York Magazine
The war seemed to be something forgotten.
It is troubling to realize that today, the war touched everyone and affected each of us.
Wall, mountain, bond, strength, support, resistance.
“Untitled”, from the “Red Horse” series, 2022-2024
This photo was taken in the market of the city of Dnipro in the spring of 2022.
From the “Human is a Canvas” project, 2022-2023
“Field of Violets I”, Ukraine, 2024
“Storks” from the Epitome series, Ukraine, 2021-2023
“Heroes”, Dnipro, 2022
“A Guardian Angel”, Dnipro, 2022
“Last Flowers for the Warrior”, Kryzhopil, Vinnytsia Region, 2022
