Tribute to Odesa

Tribute to Odesa In June 2022, I worked for the New York Times in Ukraine where I focused on Odesa region and city. When I arrived there, almost six months after the war began, Odesa was resisting, not untouched, but unbowed. This picture. Is one of the first I took: Young school graduates dancing in front of the opera and ballet Theater creating their video with the purpose to show the whole world what they have lost because of war. In my photographs, far from the horrors that many of my colleagues have witnessed, I try to capture the essence of this fiercely independent and stubbornly inclusive city, which symbolizes everything that Mr. Putin wants to destroy in Ukraine. Scenes of life that sometimes seem far removed from those of a country at war, and yet show the resilience and strength of an entire country.