Photographic Gems of Our Times From The Web Citizens Of Kyiv by Alexander Chekmenev

[Jerome Marot]

A series of portraits of inhabitants of Kiev, taken by Ukrainian photographer Alexander Chekmenev with a Pentax 645z and originally published in the New York Times.

Citizens of Kyiv (Published 2022)

Portraits of fortitude, desperation and resolve in a city under attack.

www.nytimes.com

Alternative link with the same images:

Citizens of Kyiv: The Photographer Alexander Chekmenev Captured Fortitude, Desperation and Resolve in a City Under Attack

Alexander Chekmenev was born in Luhansk, the city located in Eastern Ukraine, Donbass.

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[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Jerome for posting the links.
Not being a New Your Times I only saw the great portraits in designyoutrust.com
Bellow, another photograph among others.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Antonio & Jérôme,

It’s so interesting how some people, (with the right leadership, perhaps), are able to survive and fight in face of deprivation and devastating bombardment, whereas others are crushed!

What makes that difference. Once collective bravery appears it seems infectious. Is that the same as a domino effect of collapse of dispirited attacking troops?

But we can’t help admiring valiant defense against terrible odds!

Asher