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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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19.5.2024
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The forbidden and wounded Kherson region through the lens of photographer Ivan Antypenko
Ivan Antypenko is a Ukrainian journalist, photographer, and videographer who primarily covers the Russian‑Ukrainian war in the South of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russians came to his home in his native city of Kherson. He returned on November 13, but under shelling and surrounded by floodwaters he continues his work. We speak with Ivan Antypenko about his favourite ruined places in Kherson, about occupation and liberation, about flooding and shelling, and about the restrictions and permissions for shooting.
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19.5.2024
The forbidden and wounded Kherson region through the lens of photographer Ivan Antypenko
Ivan Antypenko is a Ukrainian journalist, photographer, and videographer who primarily covers the Russian‑Ukrainian war in the South of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russians came to his home in his native city of Kherson. He returned on November 13, but under shelling and surrounded by floodwaters he continues his work. We speak with Ivan Antypenko about his favourite ruined places in Kherson, about occupation and liberation, about flooding and shelling, and about the restrictions and permissions for shooting.
Photo Stories
18.5.2024
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Life after deportation and before occupation. Crimean Tatars of Gennady Minchenko
On May 18, Ukraine honors the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars. 80 years ago at 3:00am on May 18, 1944, the Soviet authorities began the evacuation of all Crimean Tatars from their native peninsula. At that time, about 200,000 people were forcibly taken out in goods wagons. Almost half died on the road or in the first years after deportation.
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Photo Stories
18.5.2024
Life after deportation and before occupation. Crimean Tatars of Gennady Minchenko
On May 18, Ukraine honors the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars. 80 years ago at 3:00am on May 18, 1944, the Soviet authorities began the evacuation of all Crimean Tatars from their native peninsula. At that time, about 200,000 people were forcibly taken out in goods wagons. Almost half died on the road or in the first years after deportation.
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15.5.2024
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Shelling, Evacuation and Threat of Re-Occupation of Volchansk in Documentary Pictures by Georgy Ivanchenko and Yakov Lyashenko
Volchansk is a city in Kharkiv region, located 4 km from the border with the Russian Federation and almost 50 km from Kharkiv itself. For the sixth day in a row, the city does not leave the front pages of the world media. Shelling, fire and destruction. Today, the city is under constant fire from the Russians. For the second time in the entire period of the Russian full-scale invasion, Volchansk may be captured. The invaders are trying to surround Volchansk, approaching it from different sides.
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15.5.2024
Shelling, Evacuation and Threat of Re-Occupation of Volchansk in Documentary Pictures by Georgy Ivanchenko and Yakov Lyashenko
Volchansk is a city in Kharkiv region, located 4 km from the border with the Russian Federation and almost 50 km from Kharkiv itself. For the sixth day in a row, the city does not leave the front pages of the world media. Shelling, fire and destruction. Today, the city is under constant fire from the Russians. For the second time in the entire period of the Russian full-scale invasion, Volchansk may be captured. The invaders are trying to surround Volchansk, approaching it from different sides.
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14.5.2024
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Russians have been shelling Kharkiv all day: injured residents, fires, and destruction in documentary photographers’ images
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 14 May 2024, Russians shelled Kharkiv several times. A series of explosions was heard across the city. The first strike hit a residential high‑rise in the city center. As a result of this attack, apartments from the 9th to the 13th floors were destroyed.
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14.5.2024
Russians have been shelling Kharkiv all day: injured residents, fires, and destruction in documentary photographers’ images
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 14 May 2024, Russians shelled Kharkiv several times. A series of explosions was heard across the city. The first strike hit a residential high‑rise in the city center. As a result of this attack, apartments from the 9th to the 13th floors were destroyed.
Photo Stories
12.5.2024
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“Every time I arrive, I try to find a goal.” Photos with a story through the eyes of Olena Huseynova
Photography captures what the eye can see. Captures what is happening. The way it is here and now. With detail and clarity available here and now.
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Photo Stories
12.5.2024
“Every time I arrive, I try to find a goal.” Photos with a story through the eyes of Olena Huseynova
Photography captures what the eye can see. Captures what is happening. The way it is here and now. With detail and clarity available here and now.
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12.5.2024
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“These are people we will be thanking for a long time.” Photographer Sasha Maslov on the photobook *SAINTS* and its heroes
Ukrainian‑American photographer Sasha Maslov, originally from Kharkiv and a member of UAPP, together with the Canadian‑Ukrainian project Saint Javelin, has presented the photobook *SAINTS* (from English — “saints”). This publication is about the personal sacrifice of people who chose to resist the brutal Russian invasion that the whole world has been witnessing since February 24, 2022 and to this day.
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12.5.2024
“These are people we will be thanking for a long time.” Photographer Sasha Maslov on the photobook *SAINTS* and its heroes
Ukrainian‑American photographer Sasha Maslov, originally from Kharkiv and a member of UAPP, together with the Canadian‑Ukrainian project Saint Javelin, has presented the photobook *SAINTS* (from English — “saints”). This publication is about the personal sacrifice of people who chose to resist the brutal Russian invasion that the whole world has been witnessing since February 24, 2022 and to this day.

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.

Photo Stories
29.6.2026
“Not Alone.” A documentary project by Dasha Tenditna about motherhood in wartime conditions
Photo Stories
26.6.2026
Between joke and consequence. A documentary project by Semen Kuchvara, “Pre Mortem”
Photo Stories
24.6.2026
“Warmth of the Earth.” An island of calm in a turbulent world in the photographs of Anton Cherniak
Photo Stories
22.6.2026
Preserve yourself despite the war. A documentary project by Khrystyna Voitkiv, “Beneath the Armour”
Photo Stories
19.6.2026
Resistance not only to war, but also to death. A documentary photo project by Taras Fedorenko, “Carrying the Light”
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16.6.2026
“Thermal Objects.” A documentary series by Marysia Mianovska about the last source of light in the darkness

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