“The journalism community was a big source of personal support for me. I would have been broken without them. We gave one another room to vent and share experiences so that we could do the work properly,” says documentary photographer nataliekeyssar.
Like Many Jewish Americans, your lineage ties back to Ukraine. Did this influence your decision to photograph the war?Three of my four great grandparents come from Ukraine and left during periods that were difficult for Jews. I’d always planned to travel there and see the country, but when the war started, I felt a strong pull to cover what was happening.
Her words about this were powerful to me since trains are now the safest way for people to get out of Ukraine and are relied upon to transport people to safety in the European Union. I couldn’t shake the sense that history was repeating. Zipa experienced war first-hand and her life took her from Ukraine, to life as a refugee in France, the U.K. and eventually the U.S.
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