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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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23.6.2025
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Residential buildings under fire: Russia continues to kill every day
Last week Ukrainians endured one of the largest and most tragic attacks since the beginning of 2025. Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Poltava region, and Donetsk region suffered the most. Russia launched dozens of missiles and hundreds of strike drones, deliberately hitting residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, and energy facilities. As a result of the shelling, at least 30 people were killed and more than 170 were injured. The most destructive attack occurred on June 17, when fragments of a Russian missile destroyed a multi‑storey building in Kyiv.
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23.6.2025
Residential buildings under fire: Russia continues to kill every day
Last week Ukrainians endured one of the largest and most tragic attacks since the beginning of 2025. Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Poltava region, and Donetsk region suffered the most. Russia launched dozens of missiles and hundreds of strike drones, deliberately hitting residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, and energy facilities. As a result of the shelling, at least 30 people were killed and more than 170 were injured. The most destructive attack occurred on June 17, when fragments of a Russian missile destroyed a multi‑storey building in Kyiv.
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22.6.2025
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Photo with history: may time preserve us
The light lives longer than the one whose hand lit it in the dark
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22.6.2025
Photo with history: may time preserve us
The light lives longer than the one whose hand lit it in the dark
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17.6.2025
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The most intense week of summer is the capital on fire. How Russia attacked Ukraine from June 9 to 17
During the week from June 9 to 15, 2025, Ukraine experienced the most large-scale attacks during the entire period of the full-scale invasion. Russia has deployed hundreds of kamikaze drones, missiles of various types and guided air bombs, concentrating strikes on Kiev, Kharkiv, Sumy, Odessa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava region. The Russian Federation purposefully attacked civilian infrastructure: residential quarters, maternity hospitals, cultural monuments, energy facilities. Dozens of civilians were killed and injured, including children.
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17.6.2025
The most intense week of summer is the capital on fire. How Russia attacked Ukraine from June 9 to 17
During the week from June 9 to 15, 2025, Ukraine experienced the most large-scale attacks during the entire period of the full-scale invasion. Russia has deployed hundreds of kamikaze drones, missiles of various types and guided air bombs, concentrating strikes on Kiev, Kharkiv, Sumy, Odessa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava region. The Russian Federation purposefully attacked civilian infrastructure: residential quarters, maternity hospitals, cultural monuments, energy facilities. Dozens of civilians were killed and injured, including children.
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17.6.2025
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"Buffer zones," "foreign mercenaries" and "retaliation strikes" - how Russian propaganda justifies shelling of Kharkiv on the eve of a possible offensive
Summer 2025 for Kharkov begins with a new threat of offensive actions from the Russian army. This is the third time during a full-scale invasion that Russia may launch a new offensive in the Kharkiv region. Currently, hostilities are being conducted in the Volchansk and Kupyansk directions. On the border with the Kharkiv region of Sumy, according to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, the Russian Federation has accumulated 50 thousand troops. The offensive of the enemy army is already underway on the border of Sumy region.
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17.6.2025
"Buffer zones," "foreign mercenaries" and "retaliation strikes" - how Russian propaganda justifies shelling of Kharkiv on the eve of a possible offensive
Summer 2025 for Kharkov begins with a new threat of offensive actions from the Russian army. This is the third time during a full-scale invasion that Russia may launch a new offensive in the Kharkiv region. Currently, hostilities are being conducted in the Volchansk and Kupyansk directions. On the border with the Kharkiv region of Sumy, according to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, the Russian Federation has accumulated 50 thousand troops. The offensive of the enemy army is already underway on the border of Sumy region.
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13.6.2025
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Mstislav Chernov won three awards at Docudays UA for his film “2000 Meters to Andriivka”
Mstislav Chernov, founder of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, director, and journalist, triumphed at this year's Docudays UA festival. His new film, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, received three awards: the grand prize of the Docu/World international program, the grand prize of the Rights Now! section, and the Audience Choice Award.
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13.6.2025
Mstislav Chernov won three awards at Docudays UA for his film “2000 Meters to Andriivka”
Mstislav Chernov, founder of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, director, and journalist, triumphed at this year's Docudays UA festival. His new film, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, received three awards: the grand prize of the Docu/World international program, the grand prize of the Rights Now! section, and the Audience Choice Award.
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9.6.2025
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Living inside history. Alexander Klymenko's photographs as evidence of time
Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Klymenko has been documenting events that others don't even dare to see for over thirty years. He spoke about intuition and chance, which lead a photographer to the decisive shot, about colour photographs of combat operations that immerse the viewer in the pain and bitterness of war, and about how to stay in the profession and stay alive in every sense of the word.
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Photo Stories
9.6.2025
Living inside history. Alexander Klymenko's photographs as evidence of time
Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Klymenko has been documenting events that others don't even dare to see for over thirty years. He spoke about intuition and chance, which lead a photographer to the decisive shot, about colour photographs of combat operations that immerse the viewer in the pain and bitterness of war, and about how to stay in the profession and stay alive in every sense of the word.

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23.11.2024
“Giving a voice to those who were unable to speak out during their lifetime.” Lesya Marushchak on the world's most famous exhibition about the Holodomor
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“They were brought to Odessa to beat up anyone who doesn't support Yanukovych.” Euromaidan and Antimaidan through the lens of Alexander Gimanov
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Images of change that society is ready for. The Revolution of Dignity through the eyes of Mstislav Chernov
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Photo with history: Who hasn't seen our cracks?

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