The project “Defenders” is about the brave, courageous, steel, steadfast, strong, heroic, beautiful ones. There are expressive pictures of the Ukrainian warriors, who have been fiercely resisting the total evil for over a year, defending homeland and protecting the safety of Europe and the world.
The photos were taken during the museum expedition, which took place in July 2022 with the support of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Director General of the Museum Yurii Savchuk and the museum photographer and volunteer from Sweden Andrzej Markiewicz made a trip to the locations of military units. Being in the sites of units on the territory of the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Kyiv regions, the museum team photographed service members of various types and branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thousands of kilometers were covered along the frontline, the majestic images of the warriors were caught on camera.
Here they are, near us, our knights in the uniforms of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Look into each one’s eyes and pray for them. Mentally thank the warriors for you being alive. Thank for Ukraine!
Author of idea, curator – Yurii Savchuk
Photo – Andrzej Markiewicz
Design – Anton Logov, Anna Voitovych, Andrii Moiseienko, Kateryna Bolshakova
Coordination, attribution, texts – Zhanna Ocheretiana
Management – Yurii Horpynych, Ivanna Hetmantseva
Logistical support – Oksana Yankovenko
Text editor, translation of the texts – Yurii Bedryk, Dmytro Hainetdinov
Public communication – Anastasiia Yevhlevska
Informational technologies – Andrii Artemenko, Yevhen Lakhno
Multimedia provision – Andrii Zahrebelnyi, Serhii Bilohub
Lighting – Valerii Borovyk, Hennadii Umanets, Volodymyr Nalyvaiko, Volodymyr Bytskyi, Ihor Levandovskyi, Oleksandr Romanenko
Decorations – Iryna Rudenko, Tetiana Artemenko, Yuliia Penzina
Installation – Yan Denenfeld, Stepan Karas, Mykhailo Nahornyi, Kostiantyn Perebyinis, Serhii Posnyi, Oleksandr Seletskyi, Valerii Shevchuk, Kostiantyn Davii, Vitalii Bielikov
Utility support – Oleh Kucheriavyi, Roman Doilnitsyn, Kostiantyn Lebid, Dmytro Lazariev, Serhii Zadiraienkov, Petro Kyrychenko, Volodymyr Labunskyi, Mykola Serdiuk, Roman Zavolovyi, Serhii Fesyk, Oleksandr Openko, Serhii Shapoval, Kostiantyn Strakhov, Serhii Lakhtyr, Valerii Kravchuk, Vasyl Moskalets, Volodymyr Stovbukha, Leonid Shafranov, Nataliia Levadniuk, Svitlana Tetiura, Vira Vykhrystiuk, Nadiia Zahirna
Supported by
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Embassy of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden
Benefactors
Printing
Crimson
Logistical partner
Nova Post
Ecoflow power supply
NGO Museum for Change, ALIPH
Starlink Internet
Bogdan Gubsky Foundation “Ukraine – 21st Century”
