“This can be a portrait of my spouse, Agatha, taken on February 24, 2023. In 2022, within the first hours of a full-scale invasion, we took portraits of one another within the kitchen, not figuring out what lay forward. In a 12 months, I made a decision to retake these images a 12 months after to see how now we have modified. My picture e-book We Keep, a chronicle of the primary 12 months of full-scale conflict, contains each pairs of images.”

Polina Polikarpova

“This image is from a documentary collection taken throughout my two-week keep in Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk area, after the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was probably the most aggravating time for me: I left Kyiv and located shelter with my boyfriend’s mother and father, however my mom nonetheless remained in Kharkiv, my hometown, 30 km from the Russian border. When, after eight days underneath shelling, she lastly evacuated, even right here in comparatively secure Kalush, she felt disoriented and exhausted. She may solely sleep along with her face coated with a sweater as a result of, in Kharkiv, she needed to spend the evening alone in a basement in full darkness. After her arrival, I lastly felt higher.”

Sasha Kurmaz