Ukraine 2014/22

    M A R C H 05 - M A Y 07, 2022

    Städtischen Galerie, Ehingen, Germany, DE

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    Curators: Anne Linder and Volker Sontag




    The exhibition is presented in the form of a trilogy telling Ukraine’s long-lasting battle for freedom, independence, and national identity. For nearly a decade, I’ve documented many aspects of the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, photographing the conflict from both sides - the Revolution of 2013-14, the annexation of Crimea, the beginning of the war in the east of Ukraine, and now Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

    Part 1 "Culture of Confrontation" documents the democratic revolution on Kyiv’s Independence Square (in Ukrainian 'Maidan Nezalezhnosti') in 2013/14 with echoes of medieval history paintings and films.


    Part 2, "Between Life and Death," is an elegiac meditation of deserted, snow-covered landscapes with traces of destruction from the fighting in the Donbas that has been going on since 2014.


    Part 3 documents the apocalyptic dimension of the Russian war of terror against the Ukrainian civilian population, their suffering, but also their will to persevere.