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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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27.4.2025
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"Vladimir, STOP!" The consequences of shelling Kyiv in the lens of Bone and Vlad Liberov and Anton Shtuka
New week - new Russian crimes. After the fictitious "Easter truce," Russia resumed massive attacks on civilian cities: missiles, drones, guided bombs. Civilians died in Kyiv, Manganese, Odessa. In the capital - one of the most terrible attacks of the year.
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27.4.2025
"Vladimir, STOP!" The consequences of shelling Kyiv in the lens of Bone and Vlad Liberov and Anton Shtuka
New week - new Russian crimes. After the fictitious "Easter truce," Russia resumed massive attacks on civilian cities: missiles, drones, guided bombs. Civilians died in Kyiv, Manganese, Odessa. In the capital - one of the most terrible attacks of the year.
Photo Stories
27.4.2025
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Again about the photo that did not stop the war
This will be a different text from those that are usually published in this column. In the context of recent discussions in the professional community and beyond, I am making another unsubstantiated assumption: we are angry because nothing is stopping the war.
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Photo Stories
27.4.2025
Again about the photo that did not stop the war
This will be a different text from those that are usually published in this column. In the context of recent discussions in the professional community and beyond, I am making another unsubstantiated assumption: we are angry because nothing is stopping the war.
Photo Stories
23.4.2025
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"Nobody survives in wars": documentary project by Lisa Bukreeva
We continue to introduce you to the finalists of our annual grant support for documentary photographers - an initiative implemented by UAPP with the support of the International Press Institute. "Nobody survives in wars" - a new project by Lisa Bukreeva, which tells about doctors at a stabilization point in the Kharkiv region. This is a project about the love of life, which becomes a challenge. And about those who take it every day.
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Photo Stories
23.4.2025
"Nobody survives in wars": documentary project by Lisa Bukreeva
We continue to introduce you to the finalists of our annual grant support for documentary photographers - an initiative implemented by UAPP with the support of the International Press Institute. "Nobody survives in wars" - a new project by Lisa Bukreeva, which tells about doctors at a stabilization point in the Kharkiv region. This is a project about the love of life, which becomes a challenge. And about those who take it every day.
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21.4.2025
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Russian terror in the Easter week. Good Friday in Kharkiv through the lens of Georgiy Ivanchenko
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter - this week's religious holidays for Ukrainians turned into days of mourning as Russia targeted residential areas, schools, kindergartens, markets and playgrounds. Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa - all of these cities suffered from Russian shelling on the eve of the holidays and during the holidays. 35 dead in Sumy, over 120 injured in Kharkiv, dozens of wounded children. It was another week of terror: from April 14 to April 20, 2025, the Russian army continued its terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities. Russia targeted residential areas, educational and cultural institutions, despite the approach of religious holidays.
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News Stories
21.4.2025
Russian terror in the Easter week. Good Friday in Kharkiv through the lens of Georgiy Ivanchenko
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter - this week's religious holidays for Ukrainians turned into days of mourning as Russia targeted residential areas, schools, kindergartens, markets and playgrounds. Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa - all of these cities suffered from Russian shelling on the eve of the holidays and during the holidays. 35 dead in Sumy, over 120 injured in Kharkiv, dozens of wounded children. It was another week of terror: from April 14 to April 20, 2025, the Russian army continued its terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities. Russia targeted residential areas, educational and cultural institutions, despite the approach of religious holidays.
Photo Stories
16.4.2025
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“I WILL RETURN”: a documentary photo project by Oleksandra Zborovska
“I WILL RETURN” is a documentary photo project created within the framework of the UAPP microgrant program. This project tells the story of artist Daria Zymenko — a story in which occupation, violence, survival and art are intertwined. In February-March 2022, Darya survived the Russian occupation in the Kiev region with her family, suffered sexual violence from the Russian military and dared to speak about it publicly.
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Photo Stories
16.4.2025
“I WILL RETURN”: a documentary photo project by Oleksandra Zborovska
“I WILL RETURN” is a documentary photo project created within the framework of the UAPP microgrant program. This project tells the story of artist Daria Zymenko — a story in which occupation, violence, survival and art are intertwined. In February-March 2022, Darya survived the Russian occupation in the Kiev region with her family, suffered sexual violence from the Russian military and dared to speak about it publicly.
Photo Stories
15.4.2025
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Oleksiy Chistotin on the landscapes of war and black-and-white film photographs
Oleksiy Chistotin is a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. In this conversation, he talks about his path in film photography, his experience of shooting in the de-occupied territories, creating art books and working with archives. He also shares his reflections on the war, mobilization, and the support he finds in Kharkiv.
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Photo Stories
15.4.2025
Oleksiy Chistotin on the landscapes of war and black-and-white film photographs
Oleksiy Chistotin is a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. In this conversation, he talks about his path in film photography, his experience of shooting in the de-occupied territories, creating art books and working with archives. He also shares his reflections on the war, mobilization, and the support he finds in Kharkiv.

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