Book Ukraine: The Path to Freedom now available
In this publication we see the wealth of Ukrainian photography throughout five decades. It begins in the 70s, at the moment when Ukrainian visual art began to publicly express its own language, passes the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the journey to independence that followed, and ends with the war that engulfs the country now.
Key events in the history of Ukraine are visualized while also looking at the development of photography during this period. The exhibition shows how the socio-political and artistic life in the country are intimately connected. The book consists of four parts, corresponding to four recent historical periods and offers the works of several generations of Ukrainian authors. These 27 photographers tell us how Ukraine is travelling along a historical path of struggle for freedom, for its borders, the right to exist, culture and future. As recent events prove, the price of this struggle is high.
The publication accompanies the exhibition with the same title:
Noorderlicht: Ukraine – The Path to Freedom
With work by: Alexander Chekmenev, Andrii Dostliev & Lia Dostlieva, Andriy Lomakin, Boris Mikhailov, Dmytro Kozatskyi, Elena Subach, Evgeniy Pavlov, Kirill Golovchenko, Lisa Bukreyeva, Maxim Dondyuk, Mila Teshaieva, Mstyslav Chernov, Mykhaylo Palinchak, Mykola Ridnyi, Oksana Parafeniuk, Oleksandr Suprun, Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit, Rita Ostrovska, Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk, Sasha Kurmaz, Valeriy Miloserdov, Viacheslav Poliakov, Viktor & Sergiy Kochetov and Vladyslav Krasnoshchok.
Buy Ukraine: The Path to Freedom here.
Paperback, fullcolor
Size A4, 180 pages
English language
Publication: 2022
Price: €15,-
This is the second part of The Information Front, an independent publication cycle with which photography from Ukraine is supported and current events are put into the light. The proceeds from this book will be donated to The Depths of Art, a foundation that supports Ukranian culture, inclusing photographers in cooperation with the Odesa Photo Days festival.
