"This is someone's son or daughter": Ukrainians condemned famous photographers for pictures of victims of Kiev shelling
Photographers Vlad and Konstantin Liebers have posted a photo of the consequences of the Russian attack on the capital of Ukraine on Instagram. Some commentators were angered by the photo of a wounded naked woman, and they accused the artists of violating professional ethics and making money of other people's suffering.
In the comments under the publication with photographers, photographer Yevgeny Maloletka on Facebook, Ukrainians also accused the photographer of disrespect for the dignity and privacy of wounded people. The Ukrainian filmmaker and writer Irina Tsylik responded to the publication of Yevgeny Maloletka. She noted that she would not want her wounded body after the shelling of someone photography if the enemy hit her home. "It's someone's son or daughter. Father or mother. Colleague from work. And so on.
You would like your loved one who could not say" No "to the photographer during the shooting, showed the world in this form?" - asked Irina Tsylik. The writer added that the photographer could "blossom" the faces of the victims to preserve privacy. The journalist Danilo Mokryk instead spoke for the true documentation of the consequences of Russian military crimes. "No, I do not condemn those who write about" I would not like/do not want ".
They all have the right to their own ideas about their dignity, to their wishes for their attitude after death. I do not care that it will be with my body after death. It will be no longer. It will be literally the remains. The Liberian couple posted a petrice on the Instagram page, which reported that they had removed a woman's sensitive photo, but noted that her face was not visible in the photo and missed his censorship of the social network.
The artists expressed the opinion that Russia's crimes should be documented personalized so that these events find a reverse in future generations. "Real people suffer from this war. Real people have bodies. And if the photo was visible to the face, it would be at least a topic for a thorough discussion. Documentary requires cruel truth from us," photographers wrote. They also posted a photo made during the Vietnam War, where a naked child runs near the military.
"Once upon a time, this photo stopped the war in Vietnam," Liberov's photos signed. At the time of publishing the material, Yevgeny Maloletka did not publicly comment on the negative reaction of part of the Ukrainians to the photos he made. The Russians combined Ukraine with rockets and shock drones on the night of April 24. A series of explosions in particular in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
In the SES of Ukraine as of 5:30 pm, 12 dead and 90 affected people in the Svyatoshinsky district of the capital were reported. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko told reporters that among the dead were two children from one family. On Facebook of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the Russians were killed by the children of the KNU Clinic during a massive attack on the capital.