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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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1.4.2025
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10 photos of March
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) and Ukraїner publish a selection of important photos from March: training and combat work of our military, the consequences of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, rescuers during search operations, as well as moments of resilience and life of Ukrainians in the war.
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Photo Stories
1.4.2025
10 photos of March
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) and Ukraїner publish a selection of important photos from March: training and combat work of our military, the consequences of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, rescuers during search operations, as well as moments of resilience and life of Ukrainians in the war.
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31.3.2025
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The work of a build editor: how to choose the shots that shape a story. Tips from Ukrainian documentary photographer and photo editor Danylo Pavlov
Danylo Pavlov shared his experience of working with visual stories of war, talked about the daily routine of a photo editor and the photo stories that he particularly remembered, as well as how to maintain empathy when you view hundreds of images with sensitive content every day.
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Photo Stories
31.3.2025
The work of a build editor: how to choose the shots that shape a story. Tips from Ukrainian documentary photographer and photo editor Danylo Pavlov
Danylo Pavlov shared his experience of working with visual stories of war, talked about the daily routine of a photo editor and the photo stories that he particularly remembered, as well as how to maintain empathy when you view hundreds of images with sensitive content every day.
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30.3.2025
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Week in Review: A new wave of terror against peaceful cities in Ukraine. Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv in the lens of documentary filmmakers
During the week of March 23-30, 2025, Russia carried out another wave of massive attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine. Russian troops used guided aerial bombs, attack drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, causing numerous civilian casualties and significant damage to infrastructure.
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30.3.2025
Week in Review: A new wave of terror against peaceful cities in Ukraine. Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv in the lens of documentary filmmakers
During the week of March 23-30, 2025, Russia carried out another wave of massive attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine. Russian troops used guided aerial bombs, attack drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, causing numerous civilian casualties and significant damage to infrastructure.
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29.3.2025
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“The rocket hit the heart of the city”. Three years since the attack on Mykolaiv Regional State Administration
The shelling of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration building on March 29, 2022, was one of the largest crimes committed by the Russian occupation forces against the city's civilian population during the active phase of hostilities in southern Ukraine. This strike resulted in the largest number of casualties among Mykolaiv residents during the entire period of the full-scale war.
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29.3.2025
“The rocket hit the heart of the city”. Three years since the attack on Mykolaiv Regional State Administration
The shelling of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration building on March 29, 2022, was one of the largest crimes committed by the Russian occupation forces against the city's civilian population during the active phase of hostilities in southern Ukraine. This strike resulted in the largest number of casualties among Mykolaiv residents during the entire period of the full-scale war.
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28.3.2025
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“Such footage should be used at the trial in The Hague, but it is 'off limits' for publication in the media.” How Ukrainian documentary filmmakers defend the truth about the war
The full-scale war that began on February 24, 2022, is another episode of Russian aggression that has been going on for centuries with impunity.In response to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the occupation of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, Russia received sanctions from the EU. However, this was not enough to stop the Kremlin authorities from occupying the whole of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people thwarted the Kremlin's aggressive plans - a small military operation that was supposed to last three days escalated into the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, which has been going on for more than three years.
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News Stories
28.3.2025
“Such footage should be used at the trial in The Hague, but it is 'off limits' for publication in the media.” How Ukrainian documentary filmmakers defend the truth about the war
The full-scale war that began on February 24, 2022, is another episode of Russian aggression that has been going on for centuries with impunity.In response to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the occupation of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, Russia received sanctions from the EU. However, this was not enough to stop the Kremlin authorities from occupying the whole of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people thwarted the Kremlin's aggressive plans - a small military operation that was supposed to last three days escalated into the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, which has been going on for more than three years.
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27.3.2025
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World Press Photo 2025 has announced the regional winners: two Russians, a Belarusian and a German with projects from Ukraine
The international organization World Press Photo has announced 42 regional winners of its annual documentary photography competition. This year's competition received 59,320 photos from 3,778 photographers from 141 countries. Among the winners are two Russian photographers, one photographer from Belarus, and two German documentary photographers who have taken pictures of the Russian-Ukrainian war. One of them is a portrait of a Ukrainian child. The other is a wounded occupier from the “DPR” in a field hospital near Bakhmut.
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News Stories
27.3.2025
World Press Photo 2025 has announced the regional winners: two Russians, a Belarusian and a German with projects from Ukraine
The international organization World Press Photo has announced 42 regional winners of its annual documentary photography competition. This year's competition received 59,320 photos from 3,778 photographers from 141 countries. Among the winners are two Russian photographers, one photographer from Belarus, and two German documentary photographers who have taken pictures of the Russian-Ukrainian war. One of them is a portrait of a Ukrainian child. The other is a wounded occupier from the “DPR” in a field hospital near Bakhmut.

Photo Stories

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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12.6.2026
“Beyond the Verdict.” A documentary project by Nadiia Karpova about people who once lost their freedom and are now fighting for the freedom of others
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5.6.2026
“Nature ‘300’.” A project by Andrii Kasianchuk about war and the hope of healing the wounds of the land
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3.6.2026
“The main thing that remains in memory is the people I lived with at the positions.” The story of the fortress of Marinka and its defenders in the photographs of Anatolii Stepanov
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2.6.2026
“7 Seconds” for eternity. Portraits of soldiers on ambrotypes by Stanislav Ostrous
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1.6.2026
10 photos of May
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29.5.2026
They were the first. Fighters of the special‑purpose battalion “Donbas” in the photographs of Yakiv Liashenko

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