Posted on Jun 24, 2022
An artist in Ukraine captures the war in black and white
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"Since the beginning of the war, my main focus has been to show this war through photography," says Vladyslav Krasnoshchok, a medical doctor and artist in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the country's second-largest city, Kharkiv, came under siege for nearly three months. The center of the northeastern city is just 30 miles from the Russian border. Russian troops quickly advanced on Kharkiv and pounded it for weeks with mortars, heavy artillery and cruise missiles. Hundreds of thousands of people fled, while others took shelter in cellars and the city's underground metro stations.
Krasnoshchok stayed put even as others sought safety farther west or left the country. But he didn't want to use underground bomb shelters.
"I never used basements or anything like that," he says, "because it's damp down there. It's cold and dark. I don't need that."
Krasnoshchok, who's 41, describes himself as a "geopolitical surrealist" painter. Once the war started, he wanted to document the way the invasion dramatically changed the country.
"Since the beginning of the war, my main focus has been to show this war through photography," says Vladyslav Krasnoshchok, a medical doctor and artist in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the country's second-largest city, Kharkiv, came under siege for nearly three months. The center of the northeastern city is just 30 miles from the Russian border. Russian troops quickly advanced on Kharkiv and pounded it for weeks with mortars, heavy artillery and cruise missiles. Hundreds of thousands of people fled, while others took shelter in cellars and the city's underground metro stations.
Krasnoshchok stayed put even as others sought safety farther west or left the country. But he didn't want to use underground bomb shelters.
"I never used basements or anything like that," he says, "because it's damp down there. It's cold and dark. I don't need that."
Krasnoshchok, who's 41, describes himself as a "geopolitical surrealist" painter. Once the war started, he wanted to document the way the invasion dramatically changed the country.
An artist in Ukraine captures the war in black and white
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I absolutely do not want to see American boots on the ground in Ukraine but would like to see the free workd to do more to stop the illegal Russian invasion there. What will the lunatic, putin do next, invade a NATO country? We had better do more to stop him now before he becomes more embolden. I don't know what the answer is but I fear that The US will have to deal with him dirrectly. I hope not.
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Excellent share, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel!!! These pics look like they are right out of WWII instead of the Russian War with Ukraine!!! Devastating!!!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""A war, it's a unique thing," Krasnoshchok says. "Sometimes in a lifetime you have it once. Sometimes you don't have it at all."
As an artist, he wants to absorb it. He says he isn't worried about getting killed or a bomb dropping on his house because that's out of his control.
"I keep 90% of all of my art, all my belongings here because I believe that if a missile hits here or something happens here, I'm mentally prepared to say goodbye to all of this," he says, gesturing to his living room, which is covered in his paintings. "This is a wooden house — if something comes here, it's going to be absolute destruction."...
...""A war, it's a unique thing," Krasnoshchok says. "Sometimes in a lifetime you have it once. Sometimes you don't have it at all."
As an artist, he wants to absorb it. He says he isn't worried about getting killed or a bomb dropping on his house because that's out of his control.
"I keep 90% of all of my art, all my belongings here because I believe that if a missile hits here or something happens here, I'm mentally prepared to say goodbye to all of this," he says, gesturing to his living room, which is covered in his paintings. "This is a wooden house — if something comes here, it's going to be absolute destruction."...
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