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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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11.10.2024
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Peeking at the war: the “Warhole” photo series by Georhii Ivanchenko — winner of the MYPH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2024
Photojournalist and documentary photographer Georhii Ivanchenko won the “MYPH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2024” with his series titled *Warhole*. Shot through a door peephole, the series offers an alternative way of looking at the war, leaving room for imagination and drawing attention to small but telling details. In these images, Ivanchenko combines documentary photography with artistic elements, using a deliberately restricted viewpoint to convey the broader context of the war.
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News Stories
11.10.2024
Peeking at the war: the “Warhole” photo series by Georhii Ivanchenko — winner of the MYPH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2024
Photojournalist and documentary photographer Georhii Ivanchenko won the “MYPH PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2024” with his series titled *Warhole*. Shot through a door peephole, the series offers an alternative way of looking at the war, leaving room for imagination and drawing attention to small but telling details. In these images, Ivanchenko combines documentary photography with artistic elements, using a deliberately restricted viewpoint to convey the broader context of the war.
Photo Stories
10.10.2024
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Some of the first volunteers. Training, farewells, and war of the Azov fighters in photos by Vyacheslav Ratynsky and Anatoly Stepanov
Battalion “Azov” was established on May 5, 2014 in the city of Berdyansk as a battalion of the special purpose militia patrol service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on the basis of the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The battalion was formed on the basis of the Ukrainian guerrilla unit “Black Corps”, which voluntarily participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine, in particular in Kharkiv region and the Azov region in 2014.
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Photo Stories
10.10.2024
Some of the first volunteers. Training, farewells, and war of the Azov fighters in photos by Vyacheslav Ratynsky and Anatoly Stepanov
Battalion “Azov” was established on May 5, 2014 in the city of Berdyansk as a battalion of the special purpose militia patrol service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on the basis of the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The battalion was formed on the basis of the Ukrainian guerrilla unit “Black Corps”, which voluntarily participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine, in particular in Kharkiv region and the Azov region in 2014.
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8.10.2024
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Twice in one day — Kharkiv under fire. The aftermath of Russian glide‑bomb strikes captured in the photographs of Ivan Samoilov.
At around 5 p.m. on October 8, 2024, explosions were heard in Kharkiv for the second time that day. A guided aerial bomb struck an open area next to a densely populated district.
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8.10.2024
Twice in one day — Kharkiv under fire. The aftermath of Russian glide‑bomb strikes captured in the photographs of Ivan Samoilov.
At around 5 p.m. on October 8, 2024, explosions were heard in Kharkiv for the second time that day. A guided aerial bomb struck an open area next to a densely populated district.
Photo Stories
7.10.2024
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A photograph should speak without text. A conversation with Oleksandr Klymenko
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians. About the experience of working as a photojournalist in the newspaper, the experience of filming the war in the Balkans and in Ukraine, as well as about the advantages of black and white photography, we talked with Oleksandr Klymenko.
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Photo Stories
7.10.2024
A photograph should speak without text. A conversation with Oleksandr Klymenko
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians. About the experience of working as a photojournalist in the newspaper, the experience of filming the war in the Balkans and in Ukraine, as well as about the advantages of black and white photography, we talked with Oleksandr Klymenko.
Photo Stories
6.10.2024
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Photo with a story: Hello, brother
In such photos, any search for metaphors seems to be an exaggeration for its own sake. Reality is scarier than fiction and interpretation.
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Photo Stories
6.10.2024
Photo with a story: Hello, brother
In such photos, any search for metaphors seems to be an exaggeration for its own sake. Reality is scarier than fiction and interpretation.
Photo Stories
6.10.2024
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10 photos of September
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers in partnership with Ukraeinner continues the cycle of publications of important photographs from the past month concerning key events in Ukraine.
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Photo Stories
6.10.2024
10 photos of September
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers in partnership with Ukraeinner continues the cycle of publications of important photographs from the past month concerning key events in Ukraine.

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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16.1.2026
“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
Photo Stories
6.1.2026
Light and War. The photobook *“Donbas, the Edge of Hell and Love”* by Serhii Korovainyi
Photo Stories
5.1.2026
A photo with a story: to build a castle and walk away
Photo Stories
29.12.2025
Paradise in Troyeshchyna. Oleksandr Navrotskyi’s photographs of the surreal world of the big city
Photo Stories
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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