Metro life in post-Soviet countries – in pictures
Photographer Tomer Ifrah travelled between six post-Soviet countries, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Russia, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia, documenting city life on the metro, beginning in Moscow in
A Photographic Trove Of Village Life In Postwar Ukraine
In the attic of an old house, artist Ihor Solodovnikov stumbled on a collection of 5,000 photographs taken by his grandfather, Ivan Lytvyn. The images
In Photos: What Was Life Really Like In The U.S.S.R.?
Valeriy Reshetnyak led a double life during the Soviet era. Officially, he was an engineer in Kyiv. But in his spare time, he photographed ordinary
Kyiv artists, musicians get creative during coronavirus quarantine
On a warm day in March, Kyiv photographer Kate Kondratieva was looking through pictures on her phone, reminiscing about the good times, the times before
Ukraine’s ‘railroad ladies’ – in pictures
In Ukraine, the railroad traffic controller profession still exists – and about 80% of workers are women. They spend long shifts in small dedicated buildings
Photographic discovery is a window into Soviet-era Ukraine – photo essay
In the remains of a bombed-out Soviet darkroom, hundreds of rolls of film were discovered rotting among the rubble by the photojournalist Samuel Eder earlier
Beautiful tribute to Ukraine
Marta Syrko is a photographer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She collaborated with Andriy Matsola to create a stunning photo series that showed beautiful places in their
Rare postcards depict Ukrainian village life at turn of 20th century
Many of the postcards are labeled “Little Russia” (Малороссия) whereas they obviously refer to the political and geographic territory of present-day Ukraine. Here is a
Life inside a Kiev Khrushchyovka: Soviet architecture in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine – Square and simple. Red bricks. Five flights of stairs. No elevator. Branches and dry leaves climb along the facades, between balconies. The structures
Photos capture elderly trapped on frontlines in Ukraine-Russia fighting
Photojournalist Paula Bronstein has spent much of her career documenting the victims of forgotten wars, beginning with the more than 15 years she spent photographing
