These are the faces and stories hidden from the headlines surrounding Ukraine––it's the reality of those most affected by political decisions and agendas. It's a bridge between those who have experienced combat and those who have not. It's about a universality of all warfighters that transcends the boundaries of nation and conflict.

Ukrainian Institute of America

New York, NY

Jan 16 - Apr 30, 2020

Due to COVID-19, the UIA exhibit is now available to view online

PROJECT PRESS

Voice of America

LENSCRATCH

PDN: The Ukrainian Soldiers Who Can't Rest

Ukrinform

ПРЯМИЙ: Проект "ЛІНІЯ ФРОНТУ/МИРНЕ ЖИТТЯ" by J.T .Blatty

Art Daily

Veteran's War Experience After Coming Back: UA Television English interview

Photo Exhibit documents volunteers of Ukraine's "forgotten war" in the Donbas, The Ukrainian Weekly

Frontline, Peace Life photo Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Alliance

PROJECT ACCOLADES

Finalist, 2019 Lange-Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

Finalist, 2019 Critical Mass

Finalist, 2019 Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, New Orleans Photo Alliance

Thanks to Boeing, the Road Home Project, Revived Soldiers Ukraine, and individual donors of the project: David Paul, Linda & Bill Lindsley, Victor Rud, Angela Landry & Stephanie Murray & Niranjan Karnik.

Thanks to all volunteer supporters of the project: Iryna Bonenberger-Solomko, for creation of the photo-audio multimedia piece, to the transcribers and translators of the oral history recordings; Olena Babayon, Julia Khodor Beloborodov, Olena Lennon, Daryna Yakovenko, Natalia Worrell, Alina Viatkina, Ivanna Plachta, Yuliya Vengrenyuk, Tetyana Makunina-Diffenbach, Alex Zakletsky, Olha Harbovska, Julia Martynko, Olena Kulbachna, Iryna Bonenberger-Solomko, and special thanks to Vera Golubkova & Anna Kyselova, who alone worked through 90% of over 40 hours of oral history recordings.