Mykhaylo Palinchak
Mykhaylo Palinchak (1985, Uzhhorod) is an independent Ukrainian documentary photographer currently residing and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Master degree in International Economics of the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National University. He has pursued photography since 2008. Since 2012 member of the Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (UPHA) and since 2014 of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF). In 2014 - 2019, he was the official photographer of the President of Ukraine. Founder of “Untitled” online magazine and co-founder of Ukrainian Street Photography group. Member of PEN Ukraine since 2022. Author of the photo book “Anamnesis” (2020) and art-book “Maidan Faces” (2020). His works have been widely exhibited worldwide and are stored in private collections and permanent collections of photography museums.
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Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russian militaries and authorities have committed multiple war crimes all over Ukraine in the form of deliberate attacks on civilian targets, abduction, illegal captivity and torture of civilians, torturing of POW, massacres of civilians, torture and rape of women and children, and indiscriminate attacks in densely populated areas. Mykhaylo Palinchak with his photo series documents places of Russian war crimes all over Ukraine such as torture rooms in Kherson, a mass grave in Izum and Bucha, a basement in Yahidne village, destroyed civilian targets all over Ukraine, looted Kherson Fine Art Museum etc. The photo series highlights the cold void that the Russian world brings and leaves behind. The photo project was developed with fundamental support of IWM’s Documenting Ukraine program and The Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Mykhaylo Palinchak