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.
A volunteer makes camouflage nets for Ukrainian soldiers. In one of the branches of the largest volunteer center Palyanycia in Zaporizhzhia approximately 100 people work daily. There is a sewing department, a department for making pot belly stoves, as well as a department for making trench candles and camouflage nets for the military. January 9, 2024.
A volunteer makes trench candles for Ukrainian soldiers. In one of the branches of the largest volunteer center Palyanycia in Zaporizhzhia approximately 100 people work daily. There is a sewing department, a department for making pot belly stoves, as well as a department for making trench candles and camouflage nets for the military. January 9, 2024.
Cynologists with search-and-rescue dogs stand near a nine-story residential building hit by a missile in Dnipro, Ukraine. On January 14, the Russian missile strike destroyed a section of the building, killing 46 people and injuring 80. January 15, 2023.
Rescuers help an elderly woman on her way out of the destroyed residential building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Russian missile attack on a residential building on October 10 left an entire section in ruins. Rescuers work 24/7 at the site and evacuate the survivors. October 10, 2022.