The Information Front: Volume One features photojournalism of the war covered by those photographers who are most vulnerable: Ukrainian photographers themselves. This newspaper functions as a platform to support their important work and, through dissemination and circulation, to maintain visibility of the war.
All profit from the sales of The Information Front will go to the Ukrainian organization Depth of the Arts Fund, which supports the necessary work of independent media in Ukraine by directly funding the photographers themselves.
The Information Front believes that photography, especially photojournalism, plays a crucial role in learning about the violence inflicted and acts as a counter-measure to false truths and propaganda spreading. The photographs in this first volume of The Information Front cover the first two months of the war, with the first dated 12 February, 2022. Featuring text by Ukrainian poet, author, and political activist Serhiy Zhadan.
The Information Front is organized by: Kateryna Radchenko, Christopher Nunn, and Donald Weber; design by –SYB—. Lithography by Sebastiaan Hanekroot, Colour & Books. Supported by Free Press Unlimited through its ‘Media Lifeline Ukraine’ and ‘Reporters Respond’ initiatives, and Pictoright. Printed with the support of Newspaper Club.
Photographers, published in The Information Front, Vol.1: Maxim Dondyuk, Pavlo Dorohoi, Mstyslav Chernov, Mykhaylo Palinchak, Oksana Karpovych, Oleksandr Ratushniak, Yurko Dyachyshyn, Serhii Hudak, Alina Smutko, Vitaliy Homenko, Nazar Furyk, Oleksandr Chekmenev, Viacheslav Ratynski, Volodymyr Petrov, Oleg Petrasiuk, Serhii Illyashenko, Serhii Nuzhnenko, Evgeniy Mololetka, Serhiy Morgunov, Kateryna Moskalyuk, Yana Sidash, Oksana Parafeniuk, Maksim Finogeev, Roman Zakrevski.
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UK – Village Books
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