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Eddy van Wessel, a Dutch freelance photographer who has documented the wars in Chechnya, Iraq, and Syria, arrived in Kyiv in late February 2022, just two days after the Russian invasion began. His approach to his work is intuitive, even improvisational at times. In Ukraine, he drove his Škoda (he later switched to a Subaru after a collision with a disabled Russian tank) and used a black-and-white camera made in the past 40 years. That first visit lasted about a month; he has since returned a dozen more times, traveling from Kharkiv to Mykolaiv to the besieged towns of the Donbas, deepening his connection to the country and its people, who in his photographs are at once sad and revealing.
In Kharkov, underground spaces under Soviet-built buildings have become new homes for large groups of people.
Missile launcher in Donbass.
Chasov Yar, medical center for soldiers in Bakhmut.
In June, van Wessel released Ukraine, a photo book containing nearly 200 images taken over three years, essentially a visual chronicle of the war. “I try to capture,” he says.
Sourse: newyorker.com
