Third place in the Giga Photo Award 2026
A mathematics lesson continues in an empty classroom in Chernihiv. The photograph, made during the fourth academic year of Russia’s full-scale war, received third place in the single-image category of the Giga Photo Award 2026, a competition about connectivity as infrastructure for survival.
A photograph of wartime education wins News Photo of the Year
An empty classroom in Chernihiv became an image of what war looks like after four years: not only destruction, but routine. My photograph, made during an air-raid alert as a teacher carried on with her lesson remotely, was named Finland’s News Photo of the Year 2025.