Standing with Ukraine, March 2022
Standing with Ukraine was conceived as a fundraising charity project, photographed in March 2022 on the Ukrainian/Polish border, and initiated to aid Ukrainian refugees as they fled their country.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, marking a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war which began in 2014. The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II with more than 7.4 million Ukrainians leaving the country according to UN reports as of Sep 24, 2022.
The intention for this series was to archive a record of the mass displacement by means of photographing a subset of those affected as refugees crossed the border into Poland during March 2022.
The body of work also examines the culture, religion, and landscape of Poland, intentionally photographed as projected first-person perspectives, drawing attention to the gaze of the refugee and the existence of a collision of being. That of the refugee in crisis, that of the everyday in Poland, and that of the geo-political demarcation line that makes physical the geographical contiguity and which both separates and unites the two countries.
Photographed in and around Krościenko and Medyka, Poland in March 2022 at the official border crossings where many refugees were known to be heading towards and where many media channels were known to be reporting from.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, marking a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war which began in 2014. The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II with more than 7.4 million Ukrainians leaving the country according to UN reports as of Sep 24, 2022.
The intention for this series was to archive a record of the mass displacement by means of photographing a subset of those affected as refugees crossed the border into Poland during March 2022.
The body of work also examines the culture, religion, and landscape of Poland, intentionally photographed as projected first-person perspectives, drawing attention to the gaze of the refugee and the existence of a collision of being. That of the refugee in crisis, that of the everyday in Poland, and that of the geo-political demarcation line that makes physical the geographical contiguity and which both separates and unites the two countries.
Photographed in and around Krościenko and Medyka, Poland in March 2022 at the official border crossings where many refugees were known to be heading towards and where many media channels were known to be reporting from.
Anastasia, Fled from Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 15 2022, Krościenko border crossing, Poland.
Digital Chromogenic Print
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Maria, Fled from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, March 26 2022, Krościenko border crossing, Poland.
Digital Chromogenic Print
100 x 80 inches (254 x 203.2 cm)
Mattaousch, Polish Straz, March 15 2022, Krościenko border crossing, Poland.
Digital Chromogenic Print
100 x 80 inches (254 x 203.2 cm)
Untitled, March 25 2022, Krościenko, Poland.
Digital Chromogenic Print
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)