We started shooting this on the night of July 3 when Russia launched the largest air attack against Kyiv, echoing the lyrics. You can see the smoke from the strikes in the car shots the next morning

What an amazing experience for high school kids

Georgia’s 🇬🇪 restrictive foreign agents law (FARA) is now in effect. It targets journalists, not transparency. Autocrats fear journalists because we hold them accountable.

I took this photo a year ago May 28, 2024 south of Izium 🇺🇦

Great investigative reporting from @kyivindependent.com kyivindependent.com/investigatio...

“We here at Notre Dame stand with the people of Ukraine.” - Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame at today’s opening of the Nanovic Institute’s 2025 Ukrainian Studies Conference. 🇺🇦 💪🏼

“Propaganda tour” - JD Vance

It was -10° and windy at the wall of heroes in Ivano-Frankivsk. As in all towns and cities across Ukraine it goes on forever - an incalculable loss 💔 🇺🇦

I shot this love letter to Mother Motherland 🇺🇦 ❤️ last month

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Be sure and check out Ukrainian 🇺🇦 photographer and 2024 Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant recipient Iva Sidash’s powerful piece with Artem Cheh in today’s @nytimes.com “This Is Our Country, and We Have No Other” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/o...

“despite these lethal adjustments it makes little economic sense for Kyiv to use the capital’s US Patriot air defences to shoot down the drones at a cost of $4 million per missile. Instead… part-time volunteers armed with antique guns to keep the Shaheds at bay” www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

Paul Melcher breaks down what the Getty-Shutterstock merger means for the stock industry kaptur-co.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kaptur.c...

Frostbiting today 31° and gusty on Long Island Sound

I took a lot of photos in 2024 that I’m proud of. This is one that keeps popping up. Taken outside Izium at the highest point in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. 🇺🇦

A cherished gift from kids I work with in Ivano-Frankivsk. Let’s hope this year sees victory and peace 🇺🇦🎄

“More than 100 journalists were killed this year – over half of them in Palestine” www.theguardian.com/news/datablo...

One month from prototype to striking Russian positions at the front, with no previous defense experience. A key Ukrainian advantage continues to be its ability to innovate faster. 🇺🇦 💪🏼 “Ukraine Bets a Free Market for Weapons Production Can Out-Innovate Russia” www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Do you remember when they’d coat little balls of sugar in silver and sell them as cookie decorations with an FDA warning saying do not eat? www.huffpost.com/entry/silver...

Tough, brilliant speech today by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reminiscent of Churchill’s 1936 speech in the House of Commons. Let’s hope the West heeds Rutte’s call for unity and strength against Russia even at this late hour. Starting at 9:30 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPXZ...

Open Studio Night at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. These graduates are giving me hope for the future of journalism, which is under attack on many fronts @jayrosen.bsky.social

a lot of you seem to basically believe that politics is over, history has ended and the absence of legal or electoral consequences for trump means that he is the only person with agency. you all are recapitulating the basic conceit of trump’s alleged invincibility, but from the center left

Republicans already lying that this pardon was about Joe and Ukraine when Hunter’s criminal case had nothing to do with those charges which could never be proven, while legacy media and Never Trumpers are too preoccupied clutching their pearls to set the record straight on that.

I took this shot of Joe Biden and Hunter in front of the White House after Obama’s first inauguration. Beau was there, too. Better days.

That's a wrap on Katya Rybka’s short film, ”Cleared for Takeoff”! Despite the many challenges of filming in Kyiv during wartime, we had a successful shoot thanks to the experience and hard work of our cast and crew and the generosity of our supporters. Thank you all who have helped make it happen🇺🇦🎥💪🏼

not a big shock that a serial plagiarist is impressed by two dumb guys

😳 www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

Remember when Russia targeted and bombed a children’s cancer hospital in Kyiv on July 8? Killing over 40 and wounding 150+ more? Don’t fall for Russia’s misplaced talk of escalation - this evil must be defeated. Russia is a terrorist state. 📸 Anton Shtuka / AP

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Happy Caturday 📸 Alex Babenko / AP

Congratulations to Ukrainian photographer Iva Sidash, this year’s winner of the prestigious Ian Parry Photojournalism grant which supports young and emerging photographers. 🇺🇦 📸 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

If you haven’t read @anneapplebaum.bsky.social ‘s “Autocracy, Inc.” now is the time.The audiobook is read by the author, which is always a treat.

Some footage I shot this summer in Kharkiv which was under constant attack by Russia. It still is. No Patriot systems to protect this beautiful city and its people. There are little bits of broken glass everywhere from the bombings as people try to live their lives under next level air sirens. 🇺🇦

Ruh roh what’s up with the “Invalid Handle” popping up everywhere here?

We used to have a rule: no Christmas music until Thanksgiving night on the drive home. Now it’s: no Christmas music before Labor Day. A reminder that “Carol of the Bells” is originally a Ukrainian tune 🎄 🇺🇦 youtu.be/GqeJ38DThVc?...

This is the way

The time I hired a backing band that I’d met on the subway a few hours earlier. A cellphone started ringing during one tune and the guy playing accordion stopped to answer it. The audience thought it was part of the act.

A student took this shot of me giving a mobile journalism masterclass at Ukrainian Catholic University’s School of Journalism & Communications last November in Lviv. We had to shelter in the basement during an air alert but kept going. What compositional photo technique is this?

Sneak peak at an interview show I’m producing/directing hosted by Pimm Fox who interviews guests while driving them around NYC in his London cab. Shot mainly on iPhone. vimeo.com/1023110984/a...

This candle gives me hope, but I wish it would move so I could finish my novel.

Bullet holes painted into flowers in Moschun, Kyiv Oblast

Cars in Irpin

This was my Memorial Day

Shot on iPhone 13 Pro Max using an Osmo 6 gimbal, GoPro (time lapse), and DJI Mini 3 Pro. https://vimeo.com/829679407/b84a2d39b6

Rome fountain broll shoot + basic mojo gear. Most tourists don’t know that if you plug the “nasoni” with your finger water shoots out the top like a water fountain

Whenever I speak at a conference I offer a few headshot options, but they never pick this one. Where are the Woody Guthrie fans at?

Rocking full Papa Smurf beard. Any mojos out there? #mojo

Had a couple fun flights over the water in Antibes. That’s my “everything in a backpack” backpack. DJI Mini 3 Pro

got outta Dodge after CEPIC headed to Montpellier right before Cannes started

our table at @CEPIC with my mojo setup on the carbon Peak Design tripod