Ukraine: War and Resistance is an exhibition of photos taken by American and Ukrainian photographers at different moments during the last ten years. These talented photographers show the diverse aspects and dimensions of Russia’s war on Ukraine. At the same time, the photos illustrate the words of Senator J. William Fulbright: “Our future is not in the stars, but in our own minds and hearts.” While these photos are traveling the world, Ukraine is at war, resisting its oppression and creating its future.
The photo exhibit will be displayed on various occasions in Zeeland (see our Agenda for the full schedule). The RIAS collaborated with Mariia Kravchenko, Program Officer at Fulbright Ukraine & Institute of International Education Kyiv, to bring the exhibit to Zeeland. Mariia, who was a visiting fellow at the RIAS in 2023, coordinated with our staff members the exhibition’s organization, which involved multiple local partners, including University College Roosevelt (UCR) students who selected the photos to be displayed
The exhibit is sponsored by Provincie Zeeland, Four Freedoms door het jaar heen, ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland, Fulbright Ukraine, and the RIAS.
Weapons of defense
With the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, a cohort of Fulbright photographers found themselves at the epicenter of momentous events, equipped with their own weapons of defense: knowledge and a camera. The photographers – either Ukrainian or American Fulbrighters – managed to capture the tragic, heroic, devastating, and hopeful moments of life in Ukraine. Most of these photographs were taken after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, but some date as early as 2014, when Russia first invaded Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine: War and Resistance is a traveling project by Fulbright Ukraine & Institute of International Education (IIE) Kyiv Office, in partnership with various co-organizers in the U.S. and Europe.
