Photographic exhibition highlights war in Ukraine

A medic in the field hospital in Bakhmut

An exhibition showing images of the Ukraine war by prize-winning photographers has opened in Chichester.

The photographs documenting the conflict during the first year-and-a-half of the Russian invasion were recently on display in the House of Commons.

The images illustrate the horror of war and the bravery of the Ukrainian people, the University of Chichester said.

University librarian Karen Lloyd said: “We are honoured to host this exhibition of photographs taken by a group of internationally renowned Ukrainian and international photographers on the ground in the conflict areas.”

A dog rescued from the flood in Kherson clings to its rescuer's leg

The display is based on a larger exhibition by the University of Hull featuring work by photograhers including Evgen Maloletka, a winner of two Pullister Prizes and the Guardian's Photographer of the Year in 2023.

North Hull MP Dame Diana Johnson said the exhibition was “a very powerful reminder of the human cost of this war”.

Other prize-winning artists in the show include Sergiy Korovainy (winner of the James Foley Award for Conflict Coverage 2022), Dmytro Kozatsky (The Prix de Photographie Paris 2022), and Rodrigo Abd (a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner).

A wounded pregnant woman being evacuated from the Mariupol maternity hospital

A spokesperson for the University of Chichester said: "The photographs feature the devastation of the Russian occupation of Mariupol and the resistance of the defenders of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works."

Other images show the ruins of Mariupol University, the battle for Bakhmut, and the "environmental catastrophe" following Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023.

There are also memorable portraits of Ukrainian soldiers, doctors, and firefighters.

Smoke rises over an air defense base after an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol

The exhibition at the University of Chichester is free and open until 8 April.

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