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Sergey Melnitchenko

Sergey Melnitchenko is a Ukrainian photographer, founder of the MYPH school of conceptual and art photography, and the first Ukrainian to win the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award (2017). He has participated in over 200 exhibitions worldwide and published 11 photo books. His works are held in major public and private collections across Europe, Asia, and the U.S.

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‘Tattoos of war’ — haunting portraits of Ukrainians’ most painful wartime memories (Photos)

In everyday life, these people might appear normal: they have no physical wounds, their loved ones and children are alive by their side. But Ukrainian photographer Sergey Melnitchenko’s black-and-white portraits reveal the chilling depths that stand between his subjects and normalcy. They gaze outward with calm, matter-of-fact expressions, while the massive superimposed projection of their most haunting war memories distorts their features. The subjects choose the photos themselves, said Melni