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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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8.6.2025
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A week of systemic terror: fifty explosions in one night in Kharkiv and one of the most massive attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine
From June 2 to June 8, 2025, Russia carried out one of the largest waves of air attacks since the beginning of the full-scale war. Missiles, drones, and bombs hit Ukrainian cities almost every day. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Lutsk, Chernihiv, Pryluky, Rivne, and dozens of frontline communities were hit. The shelling killed civilians, including children and rescuers. Dozens of people were injured. ‍
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8.6.2025
A week of systemic terror: fifty explosions in one night in Kharkiv and one of the most massive attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine
From June 2 to June 8, 2025, Russia carried out one of the largest waves of air attacks since the beginning of the full-scale war. Missiles, drones, and bombs hit Ukrainian cities almost every day. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Lutsk, Chernihiv, Pryluky, Rivne, and dozens of frontline communities were hit. The shelling killed civilians, including children and rescuers. Dozens of people were injured. ‍
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8.6.2025
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Photo with history: portrait of a hug
The frame reads like a relief and genuinely echoes what has already happened.
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8.6.2025
Photo with history: portrait of a hug
The frame reads like a relief and genuinely echoes what has already happened.
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6.6.2025
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The price of truth: on Journalist's Day, employees of the SES press service were injured, rescuers were killed
On June 6, Ukraine celebrates Journalist's Day, a professional holiday for media professionals, which this year was overshadowed by tragic events. As a result of the massive Russian attack, representatives of the Kyiv State Emergency Service's press service were injured, including photographer, press officer, and member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Pavlo Petrov, who was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the attack along with rescuers. Three firefighters were killed in the aftermath of the Russian attack, and 18 other rescuers were injured.
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6.6.2025
The price of truth: on Journalist's Day, employees of the SES press service were injured, rescuers were killed
On June 6, Ukraine celebrates Journalist's Day, a professional holiday for media professionals, which this year was overshadowed by tragic events. As a result of the massive Russian attack, representatives of the Kyiv State Emergency Service's press service were injured, including photographer, press officer, and member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Pavlo Petrov, who was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the attack along with rescuers. Three firefighters were killed in the aftermath of the Russian attack, and 18 other rescuers were injured.
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5.6.2025
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During the invasion, Russians killed 123 journalists, and more than 30 media workers remain in captivity, — NSJU
On Journalist's Day, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers honors the memory of all media workers killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as remembers colleagues who are illegally held captive by the enemy.
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5.6.2025
During the invasion, Russians killed 123 journalists, and more than 30 media workers remain in captivity, — NSJU
On Journalist's Day, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers honors the memory of all media workers killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as remembers colleagues who are illegally held captive by the enemy.
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1.6.2025
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10 photos of May
UAPP, in partnership with Kyiv Independent, is launching a monthly cycle of publications of key photos of the month relating to the full-scale invasion.
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Photo Stories
1.6.2025
10 photos of May
UAPP, in partnership with Kyiv Independent, is launching a monthly cycle of publications of key photos of the month relating to the full-scale invasion.
Photo Stories
31.5.2025
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“Three coffins from one family... it's not just a picture — it's something that stays with you,” - Kostyantin Liberov about the sorrow of war in Sumy region.
“In Sumy, the earth listens to the sky” - this is how Konstantin Liberov says about the border city. Recently, together with his wife Vlada, he documented Sumy region, a region that since the summer of 2024 has become a new hot spot along the front line. The Liberians record war not as a chronicle of explosions, but as a human being on the verge. In a conversation for the UAPF, Konstantin talks about the silence that holds the pain, the shots that cannot be shot, and why the worst is not the front, but the internal border between “here” and “there”.
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Photo Stories
31.5.2025
“Three coffins from one family... it's not just a picture — it's something that stays with you,” - Kostyantin Liberov about the sorrow of war in Sumy region.
“In Sumy, the earth listens to the sky” - this is how Konstantin Liberov says about the border city. Recently, together with his wife Vlada, he documented Sumy region, a region that since the summer of 2024 has become a new hot spot along the front line. The Liberians record war not as a chronicle of explosions, but as a human being on the verge. In a conversation for the UAPF, Konstantin talks about the silence that holds the pain, the shots that cannot be shot, and why the worst is not the front, but the internal border between “here” and “there”.

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This section features the best images of the month, interviews with photographers, and in-depth visual stories. Discover compelling narratives and events through the lens of our talented authors.

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“Frontline rolls: photographs, letters, and artifacts from Ukrainian soldiers”
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8.1.2026
Life, death, love, and other inevitable circumstances in the photographs of Oleksandr Hliadielov
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6.1.2026
Light and War. The photobook *“Donbas, the Edge of Hell and Love”* by Serhii Korovainyi
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5.1.2026
A photo with a story: to build a castle and walk away
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29.12.2025
Paradise in Troyeshchyna. Oleksandr Navrotskyi’s photographs of the surreal world of the big city
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28.12.2025
“Every meter of the frontline is being filmed right now,” says Yakiv Liashenko, photographer and servicemember of the Donbas Special Forces Battalion

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