Through Her Eyes - New York, Spring 2026
Before the full-scale invasion, they were civilians. When Russia came, they made a choice - to serve, to fight, to document.
Six Ukrainian women.
Six different stories.
One war seen through their eyes.
This spring, their photographs are coming to New York.
The Project
Through Her Eyes is a large-format photo album — 176 pages, 76 photographs — created by six Ukrainian women who were civilians before February 2022. As the war escalated, each one joined Ukraine's defense effort: as soldiers, volunteers, medics, journalists, and mothers. And each one kept shooting.
The result is not a news report. It is a human chronicle — documentary evidence, personal testimony, and artistic vision from the front lines, from the very first days of the full-scale invasion.
This is not the war as statistics. This is the war as lived.
Why It Matters
At a time when global attention is pulled in every direction, Ukraine's war continues. Every day. On the same front lines, these women photographed from the beginning.
Through Her Eyes exists because some stories cannot be told in headlines. They require time, proximity, and the kind of courage it takes to stand on a front line with a camera instead of looking away.
Women have played an expanding and largely undocumented role in this war — as fighters, caregivers, commanders, and witnesses. This project preserves that record. For educators. For policymakers. For history.
See It in New York
The album will be presented alongside a full photographic exhibition at IS Gallery in Lower Manhattan.
📅 Exhibition dates: May 13 – June 6, 2026
📅 Official album presentation: May 14, 2026
📍 Location: IS Gallery, 39 Lispenard Street, New York, NY 10013
🕐 Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
🎟 Free admission
The War Photography Album will be available for purchase during the show.
This exhibition is organized by the American Ukraine Committee as part of its broader mission to build understanding and support for Ukraine through public engagement, policy advocacy, and cultural initiatives.
The War Is Still Happening
Photographs preserve what words cannot. But preservation alone is not enough.
While these women documented the war, the world must also act to end it — on terms that do not reward the aggressor, do not abandon Ukraine's sovereignty, and do not lift the economic pressure that remains one of the most powerful tools available.
Sanctions on Russia must stay.
Every waiver, every exemption, every "temporary" relief funds the same war these women photographed.
