In Ukraine, photographers are on the information war’s front line

How photographers in Ukraine have ended up on the entrance traces of a brutal battle — and an info conflict.

A Ukrainian soldier rests his head on a bar desk [Serhii Korovayny]

Photographers have been the world’s lens into the Russia-Ukraine battle for the previous yr. They've captured stunning scenes — from refugees and front-line battles to portraits of bravery and resilience. However the photographers behind these photographs have additionally discovered themselves in the midst of an info conflict to ascertain what is actually taking place on the bottom, and the way this conflict might be seen sooner or later.

On this episode: 

• Serhii Korovayny (@SerhiiKorovayny), Ukrainian photojournalist
• Natalie Keyssar (@NatalieKeyssar), freelance documentary photographer

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Miranda Lin and Chloe Okay Li with our host, Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan, Chloe Okay. Li and Ashish Malhotra fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Andy Greiner and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s government producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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