I Speak Ukrainian

This body of work investigates the people of Ukraine affected by the war with Russia, both within the country and in neighbouring European countries where many Ukrainian families have fled as refugees. I travelled throughout Ukraine, a country I was born in, documenting how life had changed for typical Ukrainian families, how they considered their country’s place in the world and whether their sentiments towards their nationality, culture and identity have shifted since the outbreak of the war. I photographed train workers who found themselves in a role akin to frontline fighters overnight, truck drivers who became first aid suppliers, artists and DJs who became humanitarian fundraisers and everyday citizens who joined in battle having no prior military experience. Though the country is plagued in poverty and uncertainty many families living outside the war zone have remained in their homes; others who were less lucky had no choice but to immigrate into western parts of Ukraine or out

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1. Family in Uzhhorod, Ukraine 2023
2. Passengers waiting for train. Lviv, Ukraine. 2022
3. Railway worker on Freedom Train, travelling from Uzhorod to Kiev. Uzhhorod, Ukraine. 2022
4. Backyard, Uzhhorod, Ukraine 2023
5. Passenger and child in train waiting room. Lviv, Ukraine. 2022
6. Halia with Misha on bed, Aberdeen, Scotland 2023
7. Bus in Striy, Ukraine 2023
8. Zoska in Village, Krushel’nytsia, Ukraine 2023
9. Memorial for killed train workers during Ukraine’s Independence Day, August 25th 2022. Lviv, Ukraine. 2022
10. Anastasiia and Olyana in Aberdeen, Scotland, 2023
11. Passengers waiting on train platform. Lviv, Ukraine. 2022
12. Ukrainian father greets children on train station. Uzhhorod, Ukraine. 2022