Intercepted screening at the Ukrainian Film Festival, London. Info here. 

Some of my images in Millimetres & Words Vol 4, along with Martin Parr, Bruce Gilden, Laura Pannack, Syd Shelton, Ed Templeton, Kalpesh Lathigra, Andrea Petrosino, Sain Davey, Neil Drabble, Stephen Burridge, Sara Messinger, Pablo Neruda and Gio Sbriz.

The enduring popularity of Lego, specifically amongst adults, for the Wall Street Journal

The Information Front Volume 3 looks at a decade of war waged in Ukraine, since
Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea to its present full scale invasion. The book
visualizes the years 2013 to 2023 primarily through the visions of young people born in the late 1980s and in an independent Ukraine through their involvement in the
sociopolitical transformations in the country, their experiences, fears, and everyday lives. The recent past marks a period of uncertainty, with local and global challenges. However, it was also a time of vibrant activity and emergence of civil society in Ukraine, with the flourishing of rave culture and creative industries. The history of Ukraine is the history of the struggle for the future, which continues from generation to generation. In this struggle, photography and art emerge as crucial tools for documenting and archiving change, as well as a symbol and instrument of resistance against war and colonial politics.

Recent work for The Wire

House Of All

Ex-Fall members united in the wake of Mark E Smith’s death to preserve the group’s intuitive experimentation in a new democratic era

Volume 2 of The Information Front is now out! This volume takes a different format and approach, looking at how photography has helped shaped Ukrainian identity and it’s path to freedom. Featuring four sections, we go back fifty years with photographers such as Boris Mikhailov, Viktor Kochetov and others from the Kharkiv School of photography and then into the collapse of the USSR and into the 90s with Alexander Chekmenev and Valeriy Miliserdov. Next, we look at the Maidan Revolution of Dignity and it’s representation. Chapter 3 is the younger generation of photographers and their break with tradition, emphasizing the body such as work by Elena Subach, Luu is da Bukreyeva, Mila Teashaieva and many more. Lastly, we look at the Russian war since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 up to today, from photojournalism to more artistic approaches. In all, an amazing survey of the richness and power of Ukrainian photography over history and it’s very important role. While it’s often been argued that photography is a colonial weapon, in this case photography reveals and foments change, emancipation, identity and freedom.

All profits from the sales of The Information Front go to the Ukrainian organization Depth of the Arts Fund, which supports Ukrainian culture, including
photographers in a partnership with @odesaphotodays. Volume 2 was supported by @noorderlichtphotography. It’s designed by @syb_photo_books and colour by @colourandbooks. Purchase your copies via @schilt_publishing.

The Information Front features photojournalism of the war covered by those photographers who are most vulnerable: Ukrainian photographers themselves. This newspaper functions as a platform to support their important work and, through dissemination and circulation, to maintain visibility of the war. All profit from the sales of The Information Front will go to the Ukrainian organization Depth of the Arts Fund, which supports the necessary work of independent media in Ukraine by directly funding the photographers themselves.

The Information Front believes that photography, especially photojournalism, plays a crucial role in learning about the violence inflicted and acts as a counter-measure to false truths and propaganda spreading. The photographs in The Information Front cover the first two months of the war, with the first dated 12 February, 2022.

Featuring a text by Ukrainian poet, author, and political activist Serhiy Zhadan.

The essence of a newspaper is that it wants to circulate and be exchanged. Become a “distributor from below” and order bulk copies of 10, 25, 50 and 100+ for a reduced price to ensure the circulation of photography.

For more information on this and future volumes, or to become a “distributor-from-below,” go to: theinformationfront.com

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The Information Front is organized by: Kateryna Radchenko, Christopher Nunn, and Donald Weber; design by –SYB—. Lithography by Sebastiaan Hanekroot, Colour & Books.

The Information Front was made possible with the support of Free Press Unlimited through its “Media Lifeline Ukraine” and “Reporters Respond” initiatives, and Pictoright.

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