Vlad Krasnoshchok & Sergiy Lebedynskyy: “Euromaidan” – Rapidly Changing Ukrainian Chronicles

Vladyslav Krasnoshchok (1980, Kharkiv, Ukraine) — Kharkiv artist. Studied at the Department of Dentistry at Kharkiv Medical University in 1997-2002. In 2004-2018 worked at the Kharkiv state clinical hospital of emergency aid. Has been actively practicing photography since 2008. Has been actively practicing photography since 2008. A participant of the Shilo group since 2010 (together with Sergiy Lebedynskyy, Vadim Trykoz and Oleksiy Sobolev).

Ukraine – 

“On the 19th of January, 2014 a peaceful protest of Ukrainian Euromaidans on the Hrushevskyi Street in Kiev turned into the possible beginning of a civil war. It went too far, with explosions of gas grenades, Molotov cocktails, shootings of activists by the special police unit “Berkut”, abductions of people to the forest, acts of torture and all the other methods employed by dictatorial regimes. I couldn’t remain indifferent to what was happening in the country.

I called a fellow photographer and friend, Sergiy Lebedynskyy, and the decision was made to go to Kiev immediately. We bought tickets and the following day we were running on the Maidan in freezing temperatures, holding onto our gear, aiming our cameras at the crowd and trying to keep warm, sharing tea and sandwiches with the activists. Twice God saved us from a “Berkut” attack. With no helmets or gas masks, not even the orange press coat, it was not safe. The latter wouldn’t have saved us anyway as the press were being systematically targeted by the police.

We stayed on the Maidan for two days documenting the events as much as we could. We’re still alive without scratches or injuries. As I write these words I’m sitting in a train, Sergiy is in a plane, our films and impressions are with us” – Vlad Krasnoshchok, Shilo Group.

Shilo-Group


“Since the beginning of the collective work, artists associated in Shilo Group have been strongly focused on cultural and political issues in Ukraine. Rapid social changes in the country became a motor and inspiration for most of their projects. During a few years of coworking they created their own visual language. It is experimental and poetic manifest where the past is mixed with present and future. Sergiy, Vlad and Vadym constructed together a unique approach where documentary photography is interfering with personal, artistic or political statements.” – Krzysztof Candrowicz

Finished during the Ukranian revolution, ‘Euromaidan’ was published & Photography by RIOT Books.

Related Posts

Colin Pantall on Melinda Gibson’s Miss Titus Becomes a Regular Army Mac

United Kingdom – Melinda Gibson’s new book, Miss Titus Becomes a Regular Army Mac is a book about a collection …

Douglas Stockdale on Amit Desai “America Sutra”

USA –  America Sutra is an amazingly complex and layered artist book created by Amit Desai (b. 1977, Brahmin and …

Rachel Seed : Reinventing A Mother’s Legacy

U.S.A. – Rachel Seed is a Brooklyn-based photographer and filmmaker who divides her time between multimedia documentary projects and freelance photography …

David Hornillos Mediodia

David Hornillos: “Mediodia” – Spanish Midday Love For Orange Brick Wall

Spain –  Madrid’s Atocha station was formerly known as Mediodía (Midday), as it was the city’s Southbound railway hub. This …

Transgender in Armenia : Nazik Armenakyan

Armenia – Cross dressers and transgender women who engage in sex work have a more difficult time hiding their identities …

Zhe Chen: The Bearable & Bees

China – The Bearable (2007-2010) is Chen’s confessional photo-documentation of her self-harm history spanning half a decade. Bees (2010-2012) features a collection …

Brian Driscoll : Political Prisoners of Egypt

Egypt –  As a result of the mass demonstrations that took place in the great cities of Egypt, many people …

Beijing Silvermine -Thomas Sauvin

China – Beijing Silvermine started in May 2009 out of my meeting with a man called Xiaoma, who works in a recycling …

Douglas Stockdale on Sarah Malakoff’s Second Nature

USA – Sarah Malakoff (b. 1972 Wellesley, MA and resides in Boston, MA) chose to photograph a subject that she …