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.
Two residents look at the consequences of a missile hitting their home in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. October 10, 2022.
Zaporizhzhia, like other frontline cities of Ukraine, has been regularly shelled by Russian troops since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
A man takes a baby carriage out of his wife’s car, heavily damaged in a Russian missile strike on a civilian building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. October 6, 2022
A night missile attack by Russian troops destroyed a residential building in the center of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. 19 people were killed. October 6, 2022.
On January 14, the Russian missile strike on Dnipro destroyed a section of a nine-story residential building. 46 people were killed and 80 were injured. January 15, 2023.