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George Ivanchenko
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Is a Ukrainian photographer who has been working as a freelance reporter in the field of documentary and journalistic photography since February 2022.
From the first months of the invasion, he began shooting for Associated Press and European Pressphoto Agency as a freelancer. He continues to capture stories of people on the front lines and in de- occupied territories while working on his own projects. In 2023, he received his first award: 25 Under 25: "Young and Daring" and became a member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP). In 2025, while reporting from the front line, George was seriously wounded in a Russian FPV drone strike in which his colleague, French photojournalist Anthony Lallikan, was killed. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation.
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I’ve always loved photography, even if it sounds like a cliche. The first photos I took, I did without knowing how to do that, without paying any attention to framing, subject or composition. After a while, I began to understand what is happening in the space between me as a photographer and the subject I was photographing. And many years later, I also understood why I love to photograph. To communicate. A message, a concept, an emotion.
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