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Two poetic documentary series transcend the churn of the news cycle and offer a timeless look at life and love in this embattled country
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/joseph-sywenkyj-verses-from-a-nation-in-transition-conflict-and-family-in-ukraine
I do not think about the presence of poetry when I am shooting and I would not describe it necessarily as an approach. It more or less just happens. It is just the way I see the world through my camera. I describe my photographs as poems in part because photographs, or any form of expression, are sometimes made through a labor of love while at other times they are made on the spot in a jolt of inspiration.