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Yelena Yemchuk, Christopher Nunn Katerina Motylova and Anastasia Taylor-Lind ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Following the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday, we have dedicated our pages to projects from photographers attempting to make sense of the horrors of war. Following the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Yelena Yemchuk’s series is a painful reminder of the eight years preceding last year’s invasion – in which those in the Donbas region have been counting the cost in lives and livelihoods destroyed. Katerina Motylova discusses the pain of her parents’ radicalisation by Russian propaganda, while Christopher Nunn ventures into Ukraine’s destroyed buildings. “These stories are about the loss of life in completely normal situations,” he tells BJP. Time has scarcely diminished the brutality of warfare. Space as a witness: The war rooms of Ukraine Travelling to Ukraine in autumn last year, Christopher Nunn photographed the abandoned homes, schools and buildings traumatised by the Russian war [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( A Ukrainian artist’s vision of conflict, propaganda and loss In 2022, Katerina Motylova’s debut photobook, Loss, was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award. Here she discusses the work – and what conflict in Ukraine has cost her [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( ‘This is how I’ve chosen to live my life’: On Ukraine’s frontline with Anastasia Taylor-Lind Over almost a decade, the photojournalist has documented life in Ukraine – now a new exhibition in London brings together her images of war, protest and resilience [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( Yelena Yemchuk’s Odesa: A floating dreamland Following the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, Yemchuk spent five years travelling to Odesa to document young people volunteering to join the army [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](