Story: Arena-Lviv

Location/Date: Lviv, Ukraine. 2008-2011.

Capacity: 66 Photos

Synopsis: History of building the stadium for the football championship EURO-2012 "Arena-Lviv".

Story: Wet Monday

Location/Date: Lviv, Ukraine. 2009-2010.

Capacity: 18 Photos

Synopsis: According to the Ukrainian Christian tradition the first day after Easter, which is called Easter Monday or Wet Monday, is celebrated in a special way. Young men flirting with young girls would sprinkle them with water near church.Nevertheless, forcertainpeoplethistraditionhasattainedaviolentcharacter. Taking celebrations as an excuse, youngsters formed groups of 20-30 people and started “hunting”. And these were not only girls who they chased as their “preys”. Sprinkling with water has turned into violent and brutal flooding with cold water. Along with water these young “criminals” let their rage and animal instincts out. They felt themselves as masters of the streets ignoring requests of their “preys” and threats of eyewitnesses claiming that it was a national tradition. Despite their fierce and cruel behavior the young “criminals” avoided police and punishment.   

Story: Frost

Location/Date: Lviv, Ukraine. 2009-2010.

Capacity: 19 Photos

Synopsis: Drastic change of weather conditions affected the public transport of Lviv. The temperatures go down as low as 20 ° C below zero. City’s traffic is held hostage by weather. Passengers standing in traffic jams are trying to follow their slow travel in an overcrowded bus. The temperature in the bus is not much higher than that outside. Public transport is one of the greatest problems of Lviv calling for urgent actions.  

Story:  Volunteers of the Devil

Location/Date: Lviv, Ukraine. Convention «GiperTattoo», 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Capacity: 30 Photos

Synopsis:The International Tattoo Convention "Giper Tattoo" in Lviv.

Story: Rosh Hashanah

Location/Date:  Uman, Ukraine,19-20.09.2009.

Capacity:  36 Photos

Synopsis: Celebrating Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, in Uman, Ukraine.

Story: Bog Paradise

Location: village of Pidkamin, Lvivregion, Ukraine.

Date: July, 2008.

Capacity: 20 Photos

Synopsis: The Pidkamin Music Festival 2008 took place irrespective of extreme weather conditions.

Story: Pilgrimage

Location: village of Krekhiv, Lviv region, Ukraine

Date: May, 2008

Capacity: 20 photos

Synopsis: The story features pilgrimage in the village of Krekhiv, Lviv region, on the day of translation of the Relicts of St. Nicolas. Each year, on the last Sunday of May, pilgrims flock to Krekhiv to participate in religious procession on the Pidbiyna Mountain.

Story: Light inside of You

Location: Lviv, Ukraine.

Date:  May, 2007

Capacity:  25 Photos

Synopsis: “Light inside of You” tells the story of the pupils of Lviv Boarding School for Visually Impaired Children # 100

Their world is deprived of light and shadows. There are no colors, nor sky or sun in it. These children live in the world of sounds and touch. Some of them have been blind since their birth; others lost their sight in tragic circumstances. The latter can still remember the colors of the world yet aware of their unavoidable darkness.