Ukraine, Stories of Resistance

On Monday 8 April at 6pm, in the presence of the US Consul General in Florence Daniela Ballard and the Mayor of Bologna Matteo Lepore, the exhibition Ukraine, Stories of Resistance will be inaugurated at the Salaborsa Library.

The exhibition presents a photographic journey that recounts and documents the impact of the conflict on the communities affected by the brutal Russian aggression.

The event is on until 21 April, stopping in Bologna after its debut at MAXXI in Rome, and features shots by Mykhailo Palinchak, Rafal Milach, Sandra Schildwächert and Arianna Arcara, who will also be present at the opening. The photographers were selected as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), one of the State Department's most important cultural exchange programmes. Their images take us among the destroyed buildings in Donetsk, the Kharkiv region or the shelters in Kiev, recounting the stubborn and proud resistance of the Ukrainian people.

Two years after the start of the Russian invasion, the exhibition Ukraine, Stories of Resistance, offers an opportunity to reflect on the causes and consequences of the conflict, emphasising the crucial role of photographic narrative in times increasingly marked by disinformation campaigns.

The exhibition is sponsored by the United States Embassy in Italy.