The Collection of War Photos
Elena Tita got interested in photography in 2019, leaning more toward portraits, artistic black-and-white photography, and street photography.
Since February 24, 2022, Tita started working in documentary photography, capturing the everyday life of the Ukrainian frontline city of Zaporizhzhia, her hometown. She volunteered at the refugee hub as a social worker and worked as a photographer on many topics: internally displaced persons, humanitarian aid, volunteer movement, training of military and tactical training of civilians, destruction caused by Russian troops, etc.
“Just like in pre-war times, the focus of my attention and camera is still on people: how they react to the war, what they do, how they cope with new living conditions,” Elena Tita shares.
From the ‘Letters Beyond the Horizon’ photo project. Yana Hordieieva looks through a photo album with photos of her deceased husband Oleksandr, 35, a junior sergeant with the call sign Kit. He was a sapper, and while clearing the area of mines, he exploded and received fatal shrapnel wounds. Zaporizhzhia, September 7, 2024.
Olha, the wife of fallen Ukrainian soldier Andrii Chertov, visits his grave with their baby daughter Solomiia for the first time. This is the anniversary of her husband’s death. Andrii never knew he was going to become a father. Zaporizhzhia. July 30, 2024.
A mother wrapped in the national flag kisses her son at the Memorial on the tenth Anniversary Of The Azov Regiment on May 5, 2024, in Zaporizhzhia. A memorial space ‘Flag of Memory’ was organized on the Maidan of Freedom to honor Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.
A servicewoman installs a memorial flag on the tenth Anniversary Of The Azov Regiment on May 5, 2024, in Zaporizhzhia. A memorial space ‘Flag of Memory’ was organized on the Maidan of Freedom to honor Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.
The funeral ceremony takes place in the mourning hall. Fallen Ukrainian defender Andrii Chyshko was a member of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade and took part in the liberation of Irpin, in the battles in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk region, where he was killed. Zaporizhzhia, May 2, 2024.