The Day’s photos aroused great interest
We are pleased to continue displaying our exhibition beyond the previously set date at the request of the Lviv Polytechnic. Hurry up, though, as it will end on June 22!Rector of the Lviv Polytechnic National University Yurii Bobalo sent a letter to this paper’s editor-in-chief asking her to continue displaying The Day-2012 Photo Exhibition beyond the previously set date following numerous requests to that effect which the rector had received. “The Day’s photos aroused great interest both in the academic community and among guests of the university and citizens of Lviv, and we are sincerely grateful for it,” he wrote. Your reporter saw it all for himself when visiting the exhibition at the Lviv Polytechnic on June 11, witnessing many thoughtful, touched and enthusiastic faces among the event’s audience and listening to the visitors willingly sharing their impressions of the exhibition. We offer some of their comments to our readers below.
Those who have not seen yet these unique photographs will be able to do it until June 22.
Yurii YAKYMOVYCH, 3rd year student of the Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University:
“The Day for me is an example of the publication which spiritually enriches and unites the Ukrainians. It has become a tradition for the paper to hold these meetings and exhibitions throughout Ukraine, providing us with an opportunity not only to visit an interesting exhibition, but also to discuss things we sometimes forget in the dynamic modern life environment. The young generation’s considerable interest in the photographs suggests that we seek self-development and, most importantly, know that intellectual publications matter. I sincerely confess that this exhibition is more than just pictures for me, because they display our present and our future. My vote goes to Yurii Kalyniak’s Hutsul Haiku.”
Kateryna ARTEMOVYCH, lecturer of Music Education Department of the Franko Drohobych State Pedagogical University:
“I think all photos have one thing in common, it is being a sense of life, of every moment’s unique imagery. Looking at these photos, one feels the modern civilization was right in its focus on technology, even if sometimes excessive one, since it is the availability of good cameras, among other factors, that allows us to see what we have here. As a professional musician, I really liked Mykola Khriienko’s photo A Real Ukrainian Girl. It has rhythm, and we all know that our lives are all rhythmic, even if individual rhythms differ. I wish all participants of the exhibition and The Day’s readers to have their life melodies intense and full of optimistic improvisations.”
We also took a look into the guest book, in which visitors of the exposition commented on what they saw. Here are some interesting thoughts:
Yurii BOBALO, Professor, Chairman of the Lviv Regional Council of Rectors, Rector of the Lviv Polytechnic:
“Keep up the good and daring work! We will be happy to welcome all of your good initiatives, and support them, too! See you again on the Lviv Polytechnic’s premises, which was, is, and will be a true friend of The Day, that wonderful publication which serves as the promoter of the Ukrainian national consciousness for most Ukrainians.”
Halyna TEMNYK, junior research fellow at the International Education and Culture Institute of the Lviv Polytechnic National University:
“This is yet another page added to Ukraine’s pictorial history, including both joyful and tragic moments, and most importantly, those moments, feelings, smiles, and looks of Ukraine which are of necessity absent from any text coverage.”
Yurii VIZNIURA, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast:
“The unexpected camera angles and talented photos allowed me to see the whole of Ukraine. I saw what it was, what it is, and, most optimistically, what it will become. Someone called Ukraine ‘the country of dormant angels.’ Your work is awakening them. God bless you!”
The exhibit was launched by The Day’s editor-in-chief Larysa Ivshyna, representatives of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, and leaders of the city and the region on May 29. The People’s Choice Award of Lviv will be presented on the final day, June 22, to the photographer who will get most support from the people’s jury. The exhibit is ongoing in the lobby of the Lviv Polytechnic’s main building at 12 Bandery St. Admission is free from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Newspaper output №:
№38, (2013)Section
Day After Day