The exhibition of 350 photos, which had been sent to Den’s International Photo Contest, opened at the capital’s Lavra Gallery as recently as November 6 and will run until November 15. Even so, the newspaper’s office saw first buyer coming as soon as November 9.
Let us recall that to buy what is, in your opinion, the best photo (or even a few), you should call us at (044) 303 96 21 or mail to marketing.theday@ gmail.com. We will negotiate all the necessary details with the creator of the image, accept your money, and the work you like will be yours!
Den’s old “ally” Iryna Matsepura, director of VH SM Ltd., one of the country’s largest manufacturers of wooden chairs with soft seats, which is located in Transcarpathia, seized the opportunity. Thus, Volodymyr Falin’s photo There Is No Choice, After All... will go to Velyky Bychkiv, a village in Rakhiv raion, a few kilometers from the border with Romania. Matsepura is equally enthusiastic about Den, her favorite newspaper, and Velyky Bychkiv, her birthplace. “When people say ‘rural life with high-speed Internet,’ they mean us,” the woman smiled. “We have 10,000 people, a company that employs 500 workers, four schools, a history museum, and a large library...” Fresh issues of Den and Route No. 1 as well as books from our Library series are on offer in the village’s schools, the library, and the company’s facilities, all through the efforts of Matsepura. “Besides, I send all issues of your luxurious glossy supplement to Romania. This is greatly appreciated by the Ukrainian community there,” she said. Matsepura also joined the financing team for Catastrophe and Triumph, a volume in Den’s this year’s journalistic trilogy.
“Your publications have created a vast historical base. Den is very important in terms of intellectual development in general as well. Without this ‘stratum,’ thinnest of the thin, without the cultural layer that Larysa Ivshyna and all the staff nourish, we will not achieve much. Your photo albums are records of ‘silent’ history, while books contain history as written, and they all are family silver, our great heritage. Route No. 1 has done a lot as well, with its bright visualization, and Ivshyna’s personal column, which sets a very important ‘rhythm.’ I think that children who start reading your glossy supplement will then move through photo albums to book series “Armor-Piercing Political Writing’ and ‘Subversive Literature’ and other books. As they say in Transcarpathia, khusnuite, that is, use it!” Matsepura explained her choice of the photo to buy thus: “It seemed to me that the second Maidan happened because people were hopeless. Now, we just have no choice,” she said with a sad smile. “We have made a big step forward. I bought this picture because I myself confront these issues... However, the choice is always there, we have to make it and create an alternative on our own.”
