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.
Classroom Below Ground at the Festival of Ethical Photography
My documentary series on how Ukrainian schools have adapted to war has been selected for the Nonprofit World section of the Festival of Ethical Photography in Lodi, where it will be exhibited this autumn.
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.