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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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UAPP Projects
30.5.2025
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Exhibition “Mariupol — The City That Refused to Die” at the Dokumentale'25 International Festival in Berlin
From 12 to 22 June in Berlin, Dokumentale'25 — the International Documentary Film and Media Festival, which will feature the exhibition “Mariupol — The City That Refused to Die” in cooperation with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP).
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UAPP Projects
30.5.2025
Exhibition “Mariupol — The City That Refused to Die” at the Dokumentale'25 International Festival in Berlin
From 12 to 22 June in Berlin, Dokumentale'25 — the International Documentary Film and Media Festival, which will feature the exhibition “Mariupol — The City That Refused to Die” in cooperation with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP).
UAPP Projects
30.5.2025
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Photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025”
The photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025” is a powerful testimony of Ukraine's decade-long struggle for freedom, documenting the greatest tragedy in the recent history of Europe through the eyes of those who were at its epicenter.
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UAPP Projects
30.5.2025
Photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025”
The photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025” is a powerful testimony of Ukraine's decade-long struggle for freedom, documenting the greatest tragedy in the recent history of Europe through the eyes of those who were at its epicenter.
Photo Stories
28.5.2025
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The city of salt, the city of war: Soledar through the eyes of Irina Rybakova
Before the full-scale invasion, Soledar was a deep rear — a city of mines, salt lakes, and silence. The war wiped it all away. All that remains are photographs, destroyed five-story buildings, and a single exhibition that has been turned into a memorial.
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Photo Stories
28.5.2025
The city of salt, the city of war: Soledar through the eyes of Irina Rybakova
Before the full-scale invasion, Soledar was a deep rear — a city of mines, salt lakes, and silence. The war wiped it all away. All that remains are photographs, destroyed five-story buildings, and a single exhibition that has been turned into a memorial.
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27.5.2025
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When a mother's love is stronger than death
In Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, 27-year-old Hanna Yefimenko was buried — a woman who died on the night of May 18 during a massive Russian drone attack. A direct hit on a residential building destroyed her home. At the moment of the strike, Hanna covered her 4-year-old son Mark with her body. The boy survived but suffered shrapnel wounds to his face — doctors are fighting to save his eyesight. Photojournalist Anton Shuka documented the tragedy of the Yefimenko family, which has become yet another great wound for Ukrainian society.
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News Stories
27.5.2025
When a mother's love is stronger than death
In Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, 27-year-old Hanna Yefimenko was buried — a woman who died on the night of May 18 during a massive Russian drone attack. A direct hit on a residential building destroyed her home. At the moment of the strike, Hanna covered her 4-year-old son Mark with her body. The boy survived but suffered shrapnel wounds to his face — doctors are fighting to save his eyesight. Photojournalist Anton Shuka documented the tragedy of the Yefimenko family, which has become yet another great wound for Ukrainian society.
News Stories
25.5.2025
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Large-scale attacks ahead of Kyiv Day. How Russia bombed Ukraine on May 19–25
During the week of May 19-25, 2025, Ukraine suffered one of the largest waves of attacks from Russia. Missile and drone strikes hit dozens of cities, causing numerous casualties, injuries, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, and Khmelnytskyi were the most affected. The attack on the capital on the eve of Kyiv Day was particularly cynical.
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News Stories
25.5.2025
Large-scale attacks ahead of Kyiv Day. How Russia bombed Ukraine on May 19–25
During the week of May 19-25, 2025, Ukraine suffered one of the largest waves of attacks from Russia. Missile and drone strikes hit dozens of cities, causing numerous casualties, injuries, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, and Khmelnytskyi were the most affected. The attack on the capital on the eve of Kyiv Day was particularly cynical.
Photo Stories
22.5.2025
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“I hate taking photos.” Dmytro Kozatsky on his shots from Azovstal, the burden of recognition, and internal pressure
On May 20, 2022, the withdrawal of Ukrainian defenders from Azovstal was completed, a symbol of invulnerability that held the defense in Mariupol surrounded by Russian troops for 86 days. Families of the defenders of “Azovstal” are still waiting for the return of their loved ones from Russian captivity. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes footage of the photographer, at that time a soldier of the Azov regiment Dmitry (Orest) Kozatsky, taken on the territory of the plant during the defense, as well as a conversation with him — about photography, war, captivity and the right to pause.
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Photo Stories
22.5.2025
“I hate taking photos.” Dmytro Kozatsky on his shots from Azovstal, the burden of recognition, and internal pressure
On May 20, 2022, the withdrawal of Ukrainian defenders from Azovstal was completed, a symbol of invulnerability that held the defense in Mariupol surrounded by Russian troops for 86 days. Families of the defenders of “Azovstal” are still waiting for the return of their loved ones from Russian captivity. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes footage of the photographer, at that time a soldier of the Azov regiment Dmitry (Orest) Kozatsky, taken on the territory of the plant during the defense, as well as a conversation with him — about photography, war, captivity and the right to pause.

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