Photographer documents war in Ukraine, shares 1,000 photos

“The First Year” features more than 1,000 photographs taken by photographer Alina Tyulyu.

“The First Year” features more than 1,000 photographs taken by photographer Alina Tyulyu.

A BOY CELEBRATES A BIRTHDAY, A WOMAN COOKS. THIS IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. DURING THIS TRIP, HE WAS ALIVE. THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURED THESE PHOTOS IS ALINA TULU. I WAS A HOSPITALITY PHOTOGRAPHER PRIOR TO THAT, SO I WORKED WITH HOTELS, WINERIES AND RESTAURANTS. THEN HER FOCUS CHANGED. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE A THREE WEEK TRIP, AND IT ENDED UP BEING ALMOST A YEAR. NO MATTER OF A THOUSAND PHOTOS. I TAKE YOU GUYS ON THIS YEAR LONG JOURNEY OF MINE STARTING AT THE POLISH UKRAINIAN BORDER, I TAKE YOU TO LVIV, I TAKE YOU TO KIEV FOR PHOTOS OF UKRAINE DURING ONE YEAR OF WAR IN THE COUNTRY. MAKE UP THIS EXHIBIT IN MIDTOWN. THE TRIP, THE PROJECT. THE PEOPLE ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL TO HER. I WAS BORN IN UKRAINE. I WAS BORN IN EASTERN UKRAINE. BUT OUR FAMILY, WE MOVED AS REFUGEES TO SACRAMENTO. IN 99. AND IN THE CROWDS OF THOSE WHO CAME TO SEE THE DOCUMENTATION OF VIOLENCE, WHERE SOME WHO KNOW IT THEMSELVES. SHE WAS NEVER IN MILITARY BEFORE THAT. SO HE JOINED BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE HE NEEDED TO TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY AND HIS HIS NATION. VALENTINE LOST HIS ARM FIGHTING IN UKRAINE. HE’S VISITING SACRAMENTO WITH THE PROTEST FOUNDATION, A NONPROFIT BASED IN MINNESOTA THAT HELPS CONNECT UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WITH PROSTHETICS. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ORGANIZATION HELPED TRANSLATE VALENTINE’S EXPERIENCE AND GRATITUDE TO TULU FOR SHARING THIS WITH THE CITY. WE NEED TO STOP THIS EVIL AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA AND EVERYONE, EVERYONE IN IN THE US AND THE WORLD RECOGNIZE THAT AND SUPPORT UKRAINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. FOR TULU, THIS EXHIBIT IS HER WAY OF HELPING AS GUESTS TAKE IN THE PIECES, SHE HOPES THEY FIND HOPE AND FEEL INSPIRED TO HELP. I WANT PEOPLE TO LISTEN. I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE. I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER. I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER WHAT WAR LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THIS IS IN SACRAMENTO, LEE ANNE DENYER KCRA THREE NEWS. TULU ENCOURAGED ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SUPPORT HER CAUSE OR THE ORGANIZATION SENDING AID AND RESOURCES TO UKRAINE TO CONTACT HER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AS FOR THE EXHIBIT, SHE SAYS SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE SHE’LL GO NEXT, BUT SHE

Photographer documents war in Ukraine, shares 1,000 photos

“The First Year” features more than 1,000 photographs taken by photographer Alina Tyulyu.

“The First Year” – a photography and artifact exhibit documenting the war in Ukraine – was held in Sacramento on Saturday and Sunday.The exhibit featured more than 1,000 photographs taken by photographer Alina Tyulyu.Tyulyu was born in eastern Ukraine. Her family moved from Ukraine to Sacramento as refugees in 1999. With friends and family members still in the country when it was invaded by Russia, she planned a trip to the border to assist them however she could. The trip was supposed to be for three weeks.“It ended up being almost a year,” she said. “I was completely moved by everything I was seeing."The photographs displayed Sunday show birthday parties and people cooking alongside images of the wreckage and of soldiers resting. Items from the front lines were also displayed. Tyulyu is an experienced photographer, however, her subject matter, she said, largely was within the hospitality industry. Wine and parties, as she described it. She said she started posting images on social media and quickly realized how important it was to her to share them with the world.“I want people to listen. I want people to see,” she said. “I want people to remember. I want people to remember what war looks like. What this is.”Profits from the event will be used towards humanitarian projects in central and eastern Ukraine.

“The First Year” – a photography and artifact exhibit documenting the war in Ukraine – was held in Sacramento on Saturday and Sunday.

The exhibit featured more than 1,000 photographs taken by photographer Alina Tyulyu.

Tyulyu was born in eastern Ukraine. Her family moved from Ukraine to Sacramento as refugees in 1999. With friends and family members still in the country when it was invaded by Russia, she planned a trip to the border to assist them however she could. The trip was supposed to be for three weeks.

“It ended up being almost a year,” she said. “I was completely moved by everything I was seeing."

The photographs displayed Sunday show birthday parties and people cooking alongside images of the wreckage and of soldiers resting. Items from the front lines were also displayed.

Tyulyu is an experienced photographer, however, her subject matter, she said, largely was within the hospitality industry. Wine and parties, as she described it. She said she started posting images on social media and quickly realized how important it was to her to share them with the world.

“I want people to listen. I want people to see,” she said. “I want people to remember. I want people to remember what war looks like. What this is.”

Profits from the event will be used towards humanitarian projects in central and eastern Ukraine.

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