stolen life

About Project

"Stolen Life" is a unique and poignant documentary art photo project that shows the consequences of the full-scale invasion of Russia on the civilians, common people of Ukraine.

War is a great equalizer. What is left when everything is lost?

The heroes are standing in front of their ruined houses, naked, like newborns, looking into the unknown. There's people of different age, social status, and gender, but now they're facing the same adversity. In fact, we think that this project goes beyond Ukraine as we're having more wars and war conflicts around the world...

Our Mission

This project has a mission not only to offer to look at the war from a different perspective, to ignite an emotion, thought, and a dialogue, but also to change the attitude of the naked body as a powerful instrument of the expression of senses and ideas, destigmatizing and desexualizing it.

We also wanted to show the strength of our heroes, that beside loss, grief, and despair, there could be love, hope, unity, resilience and courage, that despite all, they stand tall.

The art is blended with poetry in Hokku style, written by Darina Dorogan, inviting visitors to better feel and witness the stories of the heroes.

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authors

Oleksandr Zinevych

Photographer and Operator, Volunteer

Oleksandr is a professional photographer and cinematographer with over a decade of experience in crafting unique visual narratives. Specializing in portrait photography since 2013, Oleksandr captures the depth of human emotion and the subtleties of character in his work.

Oleksandr also has a significant experience as a director of photography in film production.

@zinevi4foto

For us, this project is an opportunity to transfer the word "war" from the usual words "weapons", "strategy" and "tactics" to another level: "love", "loss", "home", "hope", " family", to show how difficult it is to live during the war. The wars shouldn't happen in XXI century! Our friends and relatives, common civilians, stood up for the defense of Ukraine from the first days of the large scale invasion of russia. Beautiful good people are dying and losing their children and relatives.

authors

Daryna Dorohan

Author and producer of the idea, co-curator of Stolen Life

Darina is a Ukrainian art producer, actress, registered volunteer, and published writer. Her filmography includes dozens of roles in movies and TV series. She has experience in the art field promoting creative projects. She debuted as a producer in the short film This Is My Bench (2024)

@d_zorya

Charity

"Stolen Life" has a significant charitable history. At our openings, we have raised funds for Ukrainian fighters and for baby's operation. Now we're raising money to ____________________

Darina Dorogan is a registered volunteer in Ukraine.