A photo exhibition of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), called “Ukraine: Journalists in War Zones”, has opened.
The exhibition presents 28 works by Ukrainian photojournalists.
It has already been successfully presented in Brussels and Paris and is the result of cooperation by the NUJU with the German Journalists Association (DJV, Hesse) and the local office of the Society for Security Policy (GSP).
Iconic works by Ukrainian photojournalists who have documented the realities of the war in Ukraine are on display.
The NUJU says it includes a photograph by Yevhen Maloletka taken after the shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, where pregnant Iryna Kalinina died along with her unborn son.
“When you see two lives fading away instead of a new one starting, it is simply unbelievable that some people deny the cruel truth of the Ukrainian war,” the Östhessen-News newspaper said.
The director of the Catholic Academy, Günter Geiger, stresses the importance of the work of journalists in wartime.
He said, “We invite you not only to learn about the realities of war but also to appreciate the enormous role of journalists who selflessly do their job.”
The head of the Hessian Association of Journalists, Knud Zilian added, “I could never have imagined two things: the reunification of Germany and the fact that there would ever be war in Europe again. And yet all this has become a reality.”
Oksana Meleshchenko, an NUJU member, highlighted works made in the Kherson region – photographs by Serhii Volskyi, Efrem Lukatsky, and Oleksii Filipov, which recorded the historical moments of the liberation of Kherson and the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
“I only wish you to see these photographs of the war. I wish you not to hear them, not to feel them, not to breathe them,” commented Meleshchenko.
NUJU President Sergiy Tomilenko said, “Every day, journalists in Ukraine risk their lives to tell the truth about this war. They see their mission in being the eyes and voice of truth in this devastating war.”
The expo is at the Catholic Academy (Bonifatiushaus Fulda) in the German city of Fulda until the end of February.
