134 Branch of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America and
UACCNJ UKRAINIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
Ukrainian American Cultural Center of NJ
Invites you to
Please join us for a captivating photo exhibit documenting Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine.
YES, Russia started the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian American Cultural Center of NJ will display photo exhibits that chronicle the harsh realities of war endured by Ukrainians over the past 3 years. Let us not forget and may we remain resilient!
“Russia’s Full-Scale War against Ukraine”
Photos demonstrate the genocidal nature of Russia’s war, and its effect on civilian life, and show the resilience of Ukraine’s civilians coping with this war.
This photo exhibit was first displayed in the busy concourse area of CT’s State Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CT where many tour groups of all ages pass through. It was funded in part by the CT Holodomor Committee the Ukrainian, National Women’s League of America, Branch 106, Hartford and private donors. It was created by CTHC and UNWLA Htfd Branch member Lana Babij
“Maks Levin: The Final Photographs”
A prominent Ukrainian photojournalist chronicled the first weeks of the Russian invasion in 2022.
These photos, documenting the harsh realities of war, were displayed at the Wadsworth Museum of Art, Hartford, CT in 2024, in partnership with the Center for Persecuted Arts, Solingen. https://www.thewadsworth.org/makslevin/
Ukrainian photojournalist Maksym “Maks” Yevhenovych Levin (1980-2022) was found dead in a forest north of Kyiv on April 1, 2022. He was last seen on March 13, attempting to recover a camera drone that was shooting images of the Russian invasion. Reporters Without Borders concluded that he had been captured and executed by Russian soldiers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posthumously awarded Levin the Order of Courage (Third Degree) “for personal courage and selfless actions shown during the coverage of Russian aggression.”
Levin devoted nearly a decade to chronicling the unfolding history of Ukraine and his work became well known through local media and global news agencies such as the BBC, Associated Press, and Reuters. He shifted to war photography when Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, and his practice intensified with the full invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The photographs in this exhibition capture the first weeks of the invasion in the environs of Kyiv. They are among the last Levin made.
Ukrainian photojournalist Maksym “Maks” Yevhenovych Levin (1980-2022) was found dead in a forest north of Kyiv on April 1, 2022. He was last seen on March 13, attempting to recover a camera drone that was shooting images of the Russian invasion. Reporters Without Borders concluded that he had been captured and executed by Russian soldiers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posthumously awarded Levin the Order of Courage (Third Degree) “for personal courage and selfless actions shown during the coverage of Russian aggression.”
Levin devoted nearly a decade to chronicling the unfolding history of Ukraine and his work became well known through local media and global news agencies such as the BBC, Associated Press, and Reuters. He shifted to war photography when Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, and his practice intensified with the full invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The photographs in this exhibition capture the first weeks of the invasion in the environs of Kyiv. They are among the last Levin made.
