The many faces of Ukraine

This year marks the 13th national competition of art and documentary photography organized by the National Union of Ukrainian Artists to coincide with Independence Day. This year more than 150 pictures were submitted by 74 photographers, of which 14 received awards in the following categories: Black and White Photography, Color Photography, Nature, and Experimental Photography. Twenty-two photos of the floods in western Ukraine were included in the hors concours exhibit.

“Even though the photographs of the floods were submitted after the selection process ended, we could not ignore them because this disaster affected hundreds of our compatriots. So the jury decided to include over 20 pictures of the floods in the exhibit,” said Valerii Levishchenko, the first deputy chairman of the National Union of Photographers of Ukraine. “We will soon organize a photography show dedicated exclusively to this ecological disaster. It will include all the pictures that were sent by photographers who covered the floods and their aftermath in Transcarpathia.”