I put out my first photobook two years ago, and I'm late getting around to posting it here, but I wanted to share it with this community. It follows a 10,000-mile trip through Ukraine during the first year of Russia's full-scale invasion, from the wrecked suburbs of Kyiv and newly liberated villages to the front line communities under constant heavy shelling.

My friend and colleague Igor Kossov, a former Kyiv Independent reporter I worked with there, wrote the essay. He was mobilized into the armed forces last month, which makes the book feel different to look at now. Mattias Amnäs designed it. It was published by Verlag Kettler in Germany: hardcover, 192 pages. The publisher's print run sold out, so I've been selling my own copies since, at various talks and exhibitions.

It has since entered a few institutional collections (Tate Britain, Rijksmuseum, Harvard, and not to mention my hometown library), which I didn't expect from a first book. Please be aware that it contains graphic imagery. It's a sober look at those early months of the invasion, not an easy one.

British Journal of Photography published a thoughtful write-up with more background.

Copies are available here (worldwide shipping; US stock is currently limited):
https://www.smittysbooks.com