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34 poles of creativity: copyright in photography
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, together with legal experts from the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UAPI/IP Office), has initiated the development of a suite of standard contract templates for photographers to use in their daily work. This package of documents will include licensing agreements, agreements on the assignment of economic rights, as well as agreements on the payment of royalties and author's remuneration. It is essential to adapt these templates to various fields of photography, as each niche has its own unique needs and operational specifics that must be addressed from a legal perspective. In addition, practical guidelines are planned to assist photographers in navigating any potential copyright disputes or challenges.
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34 poles of creativity: copyright in photography
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, together with legal experts from the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UAPI/IP Office), has initiated the development of a suite of standard contract templates for photographers to use in their daily work. This package of documents will include licensing agreements, agreements on the assignment of economic rights, as well as agreements on the payment of royalties and author's remuneration. It is essential to adapt these templates to various fields of photography, as each niche has its own unique needs and operational specifics that must be addressed from a legal perspective. In addition, practical guidelines are planned to assist photographers in navigating any potential copyright disputes or challenges.
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Shopping Malls, TV Channel HQ, Passenger Trains: Russia's Targeted Strikes on Civilians
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Photopublishing as a holistic statement. At the Lviv BookForum, the “Photobooks” cluster will be presented for the first time
Photobooks and photo albums have long remained a niche and somewhat understated segment of Ukrainian publishing. Today, however, amidst full-scale war, visual documentation is becoming one of the most powerful tools for preserving cultural memory, making sense of the wartime experience, and capturing our identity.
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Daily terror against civilians: consequences of strikes on Kyiv, Boryspil, Odesa, and Kramatorsk
The beginning of the school year in Ukraine turned into a week of exhausting and brutal attacks. The most massive shelling targeted the Kyiv region, Odesa region, and frontline communities of Donetsk. This week among the affected sites in the capital: a railway depot, a higher education institution, and the Security Service of Ukraine building; UNESCO World Heritage sites also suffered damage. During the strikes, specialists from emergency and municipal services, as well as workers from the metallurgical sector, were killed: a State Emergency Service rescuer, two police officers, a utility worker, six railway workers, and five metallurgists. Units of the State Emergency Service and Air Defense Forces worked continuously under heavy smoke and constant risk of repeated strikes.
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This week, Russia continued its missile and drone terror against Ukrainian cities. Hundreds of Shahed-type UAVs and dozens of tactical missiles were launched every day — from the well-known Iskander missiles to the latest Grom-1 models.
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This week, Russia continued its missile and drone terror against Ukrainian cities. Hundreds of Shahed-type UAVs and dozens of tactical missiles were launched every day — from the well-known Iskander missiles to the latest Grom-1 models.
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29.4.2026
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“Beyond the Verdict” — a documentary project by Nadiia Karpova
“Beyond the Verdict” is one of the projects selected within the third annual micro‑grant support program for Ukrainian documentarians implemented by UAPP. The goal of the program is to support authors who continue to document the experience of a country resisting aggression and to create visual evidence of events that define the history of contemporary Ukraine. The program is carried out with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
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29.4.2026
“Beyond the Verdict” — a documentary project by Nadiia Karpova
“Beyond the Verdict” is one of the projects selected within the third annual micro‑grant support program for Ukrainian documentarians implemented by UAPP. The goal of the program is to support authors who continue to document the experience of a country resisting aggression and to create visual evidence of events that define the history of contemporary Ukraine. The program is carried out with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
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27.4.2026
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Butoh dance‑meditation and war. The philosophy of the frame by Yevhen Titov
Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Titov works at the intersection of documentary photography, journalism, and cinema. He is known as a freelance photographer whose works are published by leading Ukrainian and international outlets. Since the beginning of Russia’s full‑scale invasion, he has been actively documenting events in Ukraine, particularly in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. His photographs of the aftermath of Russian shelling, the work of rescuers, and the military regularly appear in year‑end selections of the best images by major news agencies such as Associated Press. In addition, Yevhen Titov also works as a documentary film cameraman.
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27.4.2026
Butoh dance‑meditation and war. The philosophy of the frame by Yevhen Titov
Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Titov works at the intersection of documentary photography, journalism, and cinema. He is known as a freelance photographer whose works are published by leading Ukrainian and international outlets. Since the beginning of Russia’s full‑scale invasion, he has been actively documenting events in Ukraine, particularly in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. His photographs of the aftermath of Russian shelling, the work of rescuers, and the military regularly appear in year‑end selections of the best images by major news agencies such as Associated Press. In addition, Yevhen Titov also works as a documentary film cameraman.
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26.4.2026
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Massive shelling of Dnipro and nightly terror in Odesa: a weekly overview of enemy attacks
Dnipro and Odesa are once again recovering from strikes on residential neighborhoods. Following the twenty‑hour shelling of Dnipro on April 25, nine civilians were confirmed dead and 61 injured; the attack the day before claimed three more lives. In Odesa, two people were killed and nearly twenty wounded. The week was marked by a sharp escalation of shelling in border and frontline regions. Sumy, Nizhyn, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv suffered from enemy strikes, with intensified attacks in northern Kharkiv region. The situation remains consistently severe in the south and east — in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk. In Kyiv, the death toll from the April 18 terrorist attack rose to seven after a man died in hospital; seven more people, including a child, remain under medical care. At the same time, Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko clarified that it was not the mother of the injured child who died, but her sister.
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26.4.2026
Massive shelling of Dnipro and nightly terror in Odesa: a weekly overview of enemy attacks
Dnipro and Odesa are once again recovering from strikes on residential neighborhoods. Following the twenty‑hour shelling of Dnipro on April 25, nine civilians were confirmed dead and 61 injured; the attack the day before claimed three more lives. In Odesa, two people were killed and nearly twenty wounded. The week was marked by a sharp escalation of shelling in border and frontline regions. Sumy, Nizhyn, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv suffered from enemy strikes, with intensified attacks in northern Kharkiv region. The situation remains consistently severe in the south and east — in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk. In Kyiv, the death toll from the April 18 terrorist attack rose to seven after a man died in hospital; seven more people, including a child, remain under medical care. At the same time, Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko clarified that it was not the mother of the injured child who died, but her sister.
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26.4.2026
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Planetary catastrophe
Forty years ago, on April 26, 1986, one of the largest technological disasters in human history occurred — the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. In early May, the Soviet leadership decided to evacuate the population from the 30‑kilometer exclusion zone. By the end of 1986, more than 90,000 people had left their homes. For the displaced, the authorities built housing in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv regions.
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26.4.2026
Planetary catastrophe
Forty years ago, on April 26, 1986, one of the largest technological disasters in human history occurred — the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. In early May, the Soviet leadership decided to evacuate the population from the 30‑kilometer exclusion zone. By the end of 1986, more than 90,000 people had left their homes. For the displaced, the authorities built housing in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv regions.
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23.4.2026
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“Resettled from the Chernobyl exclusion zone, people perceived the joy of new life with sadness, for the native home always remains the dearest.” A photo story by Oleksandr Klymenko about housewarmings in 1986
Forty years ago, on April 26, 1986, one of the largest technological disasters in human history occurred — the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. In early May, the Soviet leadership decided to evacuate the population from the 30‑kilometer exclusion zone. By the end of 1986, more than 90,000 people had left their homes. For the displaced, the authorities built housing in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv regions.
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23.4.2026
“Resettled from the Chernobyl exclusion zone, people perceived the joy of new life with sadness, for the native home always remains the dearest.” A photo story by Oleksandr Klymenko about housewarmings in 1986
Forty years ago, on April 26, 1986, one of the largest technological disasters in human history occurred — the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. In early May, the Soviet leadership decided to evacuate the population from the 30‑kilometer exclusion zone. By the end of 1986, more than 90,000 people had left their homes. For the displaced, the authorities built housing in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv regions.
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22.4.2026
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Russian propaganda in action: how the Hungarian government used Kremlin narratives in its election campaign
In the pro‑Russian information space, baseless accusations were spread that Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, with Brussels’ support, was controlling the Hungarian opposition party *Tisza*. This conspiracy theory served as a tool to accuse Ukraine and the European Union of attempting to illegally change power in Hungary. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes key anti‑Ukrainian narratives with a Hungarian focus, while Maksym Kishka’s photo report from Hungary documents the public mood in the country with factual precision.
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22.4.2026
Russian propaganda in action: how the Hungarian government used Kremlin narratives in its election campaign
In the pro‑Russian information space, baseless accusations were spread that Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, with Brussels’ support, was controlling the Hungarian opposition party *Tisza*. This conspiracy theory served as a tool to accuse Ukraine and the European Union of attempting to illegally change power in Hungary. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes key anti‑Ukrainian narratives with a Hungarian focus, while Maksym Kishka’s photo report from Hungary documents the public mood in the country with factual precision.

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The Chernobyl explosion and nuclear terror during the Russian occupation. The suffering of Chernobyl captured by Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
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