Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and writer Alisa Sopova create intimate, accessible portraits of Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines of the Russian invasion.
Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and writer Alisa Sopova create intimate, accessible portraits of Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines of the Russian invasion. Sometimes their subjects are picnicking in a park or tending a garden. Other times, they’re repairing a ceiling damaged by shelling or waiting for departure on an evacuation train. Anastasia and Alisa have been working together in Ukraine since the Maidan Revolution, also known as the “Revolution of Dignity” in 2014. And over the years, they’ve returned to visit the same families, witnessing how the war touches men, women, and children over time.
An exhibition of their work in Ukraine is showing at the Imperial War Museum in London from February 3 through May 8, 2023.
Independent Projects
5K From the Frontline (ongoing)
International media work:
NPR: The Ukraine war isn't new. These intimate photos show 3 families enduring it for years
The New Humanitarian: How seven years of war and COVID-19 split Ukraine in two
The New York Times: Opinion: Where There Are Fish in the Tap Water and Women’s Uteruses Fall Out
Time Magazine: The Strange Unreality of Life During Eastern Ukraine's Forgotten War
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