Portfolio reviews - by appointment only.

Reviewers:

Edmund Clark / Artist, photographer - The UK
Patrick Chauvel / Photographer - France
Santi Palacios / Photographer, editor-in-chief at Sonda Internacional - Spain
Danylo Pavlov / Reporters - Ukraine
Hilary Roberts / Сurator, researcher -The UK
Yevhen Safonov / Ukrainian Warchive - Ukraine
Laurent Van Der Stock / Photographer - France/Belgium

Antony Lallican—a French photojournalist and reporter for international media who was killed by a Russian drone strike in the Donetsk region on October 3, 2025—viewed the world with an eye full of attentiveness and compassion. In his work, he sought to capture reality in all its contours and inner depth.

This exhibition, featuring photographs taken in Ukraine between 2022 and 2025, highlights the courage of the Ukrainian people and the powerful movement of solidarity that unites them and sustains the pulse of everyday life. The photographer makes no attempt to escape the reality of war; that reality permeates every image. A crack in a wall, an emotion, a facial expression, or thick smoke rising into the sky—these elements constantly remind us of the surrounding threat without obscuring life itself.

Rather than focusing his lens solely on the front line, Antony Lallican observed the world and the people living within it. He possessed a rare gift for capturing the wounds of this world with great sensitivity, immortalizing simple gestures and the fragments of daily life that endure amidst tragedy. Beyond the images, he saw the People.

In these photographs, Antony’s empathetic gaze resonates with the dignity of the Ukrainian people. The courage of those who resist finds an echo in the work of the man who bears witness and documents their struggle.

Military vernacular photography

We will discuss amateur, everyday and personal photographs taken by military personnel and eyewitnesses on the front lines and in the rear. We will explore how to approach this unique, living documentation of the reality of war beyond official propaganda and professional reportage.

Speakers: TBC
Moderator: Vsevolod Kazarin

We will discuss Ukrainian photographers’ experiences of covering global and local conflicts, exploring how the visual language of war and the role of the documentary photographer have changed over the past forty years.

Speakers:
Efrem Lukatsky and Oleksandr Hlyadielov
Moderator: Yevhen Safonov

The world has entered an era of “transparent wars”, where every move is captured by thousands of lenses. Drones, smartphones and satellites make the battlefield “transparent”, making it impossible to amass equipment or move troops undetected. But does maximum visibility mean maximum understanding of the context?

This discussion explores how the tools used to visually represent global conflicts are changing in the 21st century. French philosopher Paul Virilio wrote: “On the battlefield, victory belongs not to whoever has more tanks, but to whoever captures the viewer’s attention faster and controls the visual field.” Together, we will examine whether this is true and address the following questions: how can we sustain attention on a war that has lasted over ten years? How can we show war in countries where the media do not have unrestricted access?

Speakers: Edmund Clark (UK), Patrick Chauvel (France)
Moderator: Hilary Roberts (UK)

Can photography help recover from trauma? How does the creative process help us navigate difficult experiences, regain a sense of stability, and rebuild our connection with ourselves and the world?

In this public talk, we will explore photography as a potential tool for the rehabilitation of veterans and civilians affected by Russian armed aggression.

Together with a psychotherapist and a veteran, we will examine various approaches to psychological rehabilitation, discuss the role of creativity in recovery, and consider how photography can help capture, process, and work through personal experiences.

This will be an open conversation about recovery, creativity, and the power of photography—not merely as a way to view the world, but as a means of reconnecting with oneself.

Participants:
Tetiana Rudenko
Danylo Proskurin ("Dots")
Valeriia Storozhenko

An image becomes a dataset, used for documentation, targeting, reconstruction or propaganda. The human role in working with images is diminishing or disappearing altogether, as large language models take over. The visual language of war has become its visual infrastructure.

This discussion will explore the transformation of images into operational images. How does our perception of reality change when we no longer trust what is depicted? How can we think about the visual language of war when humans no longer create, view or interpret images?

Speakers: Nataliya Gumenyuk (Ukraine), Emeric Lhuisset (France), Giles Price (UK)
Moderator: Andriy Linik (Ukraine)

Screening “How Ukrainian journalist Maks Levin was executed by Russian forces” (video 17’ and discussion)

The Case of Maks Levin. Anatomy of an Execution, Froger, Arnaud, and Robin Grassi, dirs. Paris: Reporters Without Borders, 2023. Film, (18’)

The Case of Maks Levin. Anatomy of an Execution is an investigative documentary film and comprehensive report produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). It details the summary execution of celebrated Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin and his companion, soldier Oleksiy Chernyshov, by Russian forces.

To uncover how they died, RSF sent a specialised team led by Arnaud Froger (head of RSF’s investigation desk) and Patrick Chauvel (French war reporter) to the crime scene from May 24 to June 3, 2022. Working alongside Ukrainian security forces, they reconstructed the final hours of the men's lives.

Visual documentation of war bears witness to history and raises ethical dilemmas. Where is the line between informing the world and exploiting human suffering? In the digital age, the responsibility of photographers and the media becomes even more pressing.

This discussion will explore whether ethical consent to being photographed is possible at a person’s most vulnerable moment. Censorship or death broadcast live? How does cultural context shape the boundaries of what is “acceptable” to publish?

Speakers: Santi Palacios (Spain), Christian Delage (France)
Moderator: Sasha Dovzhyk (Ukraine)

During the artist talk, Laurent Van der Stockt will discuss his experience documenting armed conflicts, working in dangerous conditions, and photographing directly in places affected by war. He will focus particularly on Ukraine, where he worked as a photographer for the French newspaper Le Monde from February 2022. Photographs made from Kyiv to Donbas, from Kharkiv to Odesa, became the basis of Your Resistance, a visual account of Ukrainian life during Russia’s full-scale invasion and the country’s resistance.

In early February 2022, Laurent Van Der Stockt arrived in Ukraine to work as a journalist. Even then, it seemed clear that the Russian army was preparing to invade.

In the years following the full-scale invasion, Van Der Stockt photographed across the country—from Kyiv to Donbas, and from Kharkiv to Odesa. Drawing on this work, initially produced for the French newspaper Le Monde, he put together an wxhibition "YOUR RESISTANCE. Our Shared History": a modest reflection on that period and a glimpse into the life every Ukrainian has been forced to live in a country that refuses to bow its head.