Oksana Parafeniuk
Oksana Parafeniuk (she/her) is an independent photographer based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she is exploring the manifestations of human resilience and dignity among people facing hardships. Her main interest is to explore creative approaches in documentary photography. The exhibit curators are grateful to Oksana for allowing us to reuse her photographs related to the Ukraine War in our exhibition. Oksana's website is located here: https://www.oksanaparafeniuk.com/about
Sofia Chyhyryn and Vadym Beilakh, 19, pose for a portrait on a break during territorial defense exercises.
Serhiy Kopyschyk, 25, and Svitlana Kopyschyk, 25, pose for a portrait in Pokashchiv village, Volyn region, Ukraine on October 3, 2023
Kateryna, 16, plays with Dominika, 3, at the temporary shelter organized at the Lviv Regional Academic Puppet Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022.
Sandbags protect the first floor of the Lviv Clinical Perinatal Center in case of explosions, Lviv, Ukraine
Serhiy Kopyschyk, 25, holds his 1 months old son Marko in Pokashchiv village, Volyn region, Ukraine on October 3, 2023.
Teachers at School Number 5 make dumplings with meat to feed soldiers, volunteers, and displaced people in Vinnytsia, Ukraine on March 1, 2022.
Oleksandr Didur, 32, (middle) marine and defender of Mariupol, performs physical therapy exercises at the Adonis medical center in Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine on September 27, 2023.
Svitlana Zdor, 44, and Iurii Zdor, 42, a married couple from Chernihiv, pose for a portrait in Iurii's hospital room at the Oberih medical center in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 31, 2023.
Oksana Parafeniuk