23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Sascha. Borodianka
I met Sasha in Borodyanka while i was working on my other Ukrainian project on buildings destroyed by war. Sasha is a former military. he got injured. since he came back from war he is homeless and lives in the building you can see behind him, a destroyed place with no water or electricity... he reminded me of these GIs coming back from vietnam and left aside. In winter 25 i went back to see if Sasha was still there to check on him, i was concern about his safety due to the cold, itw as minus 11 almost eveyday and he was staying in a place without any heating or running water and couldn’t live in this conditions. He wasn’t there. I hope he was in some place warm.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 08.2024 |
| Date Uploaded: | 10.2025 |
| Photo Location: | Borodianka, Ukraine |
| Camera: | GFX100S |
| Copyright: | © yves lacroix |