Tag: Joseph Sywenkyj

Ukraine’s Injured War Veterans and the Price of Independence | TIME

Ukraine’s Injured War Veterans and the Price of Independence

Joseph Sywenkyj photographs the painful reality of rehabilitation

via Time: http://time.com/4239775/ukraine-war-injured-veterans/

These are the victims that Joseph Sywenkyj, an American photographer of Ukrainian descent, has documented in hospitals and rehabilitation centers around the country. It has often been depressing work, and he says he does it with the Ukrainian people in mind. “It’s important for them to understand the price of their independence,” he says.

March 3, 2016
Joseph Sywenkyj – Verses from a Nation in Transition: Conflict and Family in Ukraine | LensCulture

Verses from a Nation in Transition: Conflict and Family in Ukraine – Photographs and text by Joseph Sywenkyj | LensCulture

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.

November 28, 2014
Joseph Sywenkyj Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant for Powerful Ukraine Work – LightBox

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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/10/15/ukraine-w-eugene-smith-grant/#1

American photographer Joseph Sywenkyj has won the the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his work documenting the lives of people affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

October 16, 2014
American photographer injured by shrapnel, other journalists hurt in Kiev protests

Link: American photographer injured by shrapnel, other journalists hurt in Kiev protests | Poynter.

Olga Rudenko reports that at least 40 journalists were injured during protests in Ukraine Sunday. Joseph Sywenkyj, an American photographer who works in Ukraine, was among them, a spokesperson for The New York Times confirms in an email to Poynter. Sywenkyj shoots for the Times among other outlets.

December 2, 2013