WEYUAPP is an art project created by Italian photographer Lisa Borgiani in partnership with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP). The project continues the series “What Does Europe Mean to You?” (WEY), which explores the sense of European identity through personal stories and visual images of residents of European countries.
Four Ukrainian photographers—Katia Moskaliuk (Lviv), Olha Kovalova (Kharkiv), Mykhailo Palinchak (Kyiv), and Tymofii Melnykov (Odesa)—created a series of photo works in which each portrait reveals one feeling, one name, and one location connected to Europe.
The photographs feature people whom the photographers met in four cities and asked one simple question: “What does Europe mean to you?” The project seeks to reflect the diversity of views on European identity, demonstrate Europe’s cultural and linguistic richness, and encourage reflection on the concept of “Europeanness.”
WEYUAPP is an important contribution to the discussion about European identity in the context of today’s political and social changes, giving Ukrainians a voice and offering them an opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings about Europe.
What is Europe for you? Help, the future, an example! — Andrii, 25, call sign “Spytsia,” armored personnel carrier driver.
What is Europe for you? Europe is a certain way of thinking. — Yevhen and Oleksandra, 37 and 28, service members.
What is Europe for you? Europe is our country’s difficult path toward its goal. — Yakiv Liashenko, owner of a garment manufacturing business, volunteer, photographer.
What is Europe for you? Europe is cultural diversity. — Yurii, lecturer at the Department of Tourism.
The project will be exhibited in Ukraine and other European countries. It also has a website and social media pages where you can learn more about it and its participants.
WEYUAPP is a true artistic journey that reveals European identity through personal stories and emotions captured in photographs.
Official project website, social media: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook.
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Topic researcher, text author: Marusia Maruzhenko
