Practically all central channels have supported the photo style of Den. The announcements of the launch of the exhibition in the gallery Lavra, reports from the awarding ceremony or even telethons dedicated to this event became our joint work on promotion of photo art in the country. We thank our colleagues from television and partners, in particular, from the First National Channel, 1+1, ZIK, Channel 5, Tak TV, UTR, Culture TV Channel, and others for support and solidarity with what the newspaper Den/The Day is doing. TV journalists admit that not only have they prepared high-quality reports, but also got familiarized with over 300 best photos of the exhibit. We offer our readers to get familiarized with the impressions of media workers from the exhibition.
“THESE PHOTOS ARE LIKE POINTS TO START FROM IN BUILDING OF A NEW COUNTRY”
Larysa HUBINA, a host of Channel 5:
“Den’s photo exhibition is super topical today. This is far from a society event, it is a sociopolitical, I would say, enlightenment action. For these photos show what has happened to Ukraine during one year, what remains in our memory. This is a kind of a cluster of intellectual matter that has stopped in time. These photos are like points we have to start from together and build a country which we want to have after Maidan-2014. In spite of psychologically difficult photos, when I look at the faces of the heroes depicted in the photos, I see optimism and confidence in tomorrow’s day. I can see real men who are able to love, defend, and fight for their fatherland.”
“PHOTO HISTORY OF OUR NATION”
Yulia SHESTAKOVA, journalist of the First National Channel, author of the report on Den’s Photo Exhibition:
“The works of Ukrainian artists, like the heroes depicted in the photos, have a strong, unbreakable, and real Ukrainian spirit. This is the character of the heroes of these photos. The impressions are ambiguous: sadness, sorrow, hope, and at the same time joy. This is not just a photo exhibit; this is a photo history of our nation, which we have been experiencing since the Revolution of Dignity. The photo I have remembered the best is probably Onion by Yevhen Tymchenko, which shows an old woman wearing a headscarf. For some reason this woman, her thoughtful look, have reminded me of our state. In her eyes there is tiredness of life and hope. Hope for the best.”
“RESIDENTS OF MYKOLAIV SAW THE LAUNCH OF THE EXHIBIT LIVE ON TV AND FELT ITS ATMOSPHERE”
Hlib HOLOVCHENKO, general producer of Tak TV (Facebook.com):
“I’m thankful to Larysa Ivshyna for the fantastic event. It was really courageous of her to hold such an important event in this period of time. I’m thankful to the newspaper Den. I want to thank Den’s Mykolaiv office, Viktoria Veselovska, and Tak TV channel, Tetiana Denysenko and Anastasia Repnikova, Yurii Kovalenko, for the wonderful idea of telethon of the launch of the exhibit. The TV audience of Mykolaiv region saw the opening live and felt its atmosphere. We have become closer. I want to thank Taras Kremen, who was in the studio and greeted us. We are waiting for the exhibit in Mykolaiv.”
“I CAN HARDLY HOLD BACK TEARS NEAR EVERY SECOND PHOTO”
Halyna BABII, deputy head of the First Channel of Ukrainian Radio:
“Like this year, Den’s photo exhibit was emotionally very hard. I catch myself thinking that I can hardly hold back tears near every second photo. It seems to me that we have experienced things that we never believed could happen. That there can be blood, death, fire, and dead bodies in Kyiv in the 21st century. This is not cinema, or school history lessons. It turns out such things can happen to us. It seems to me that the consequences will follow later: now every one of us is full of this heavy emotional burden. We let it go through our souls, our world outlook, and try to understand, what kind of people we should be in the future? There have been people who have simply waited till everything ends, till the dust settles, and everything continues the way it was before: ‘warm, gray, and calm.’ And there were people who risked everything, so that this ‘warm, gray, and calm’ never repeated itself. Ukrainians now are like yeast: the majority is still fermenting in their conclusions and only begin to draw them. All the more so nothing is over. Optimism is what people must have a priori. If we were pessimists, we would never have begun this. We wanted changes, we understood that they won’t give up so simply. When a furuncle gathers, you know that it will be painful to cure it, there will be blood and a scar. But you need to cut it to avoid gangrene. People always dare to make some radical steps namely for the changes for the better to take place. I believe that society is optimistic by 70 percent, and we will cope with the rest 30 percent. Life goes on, we cannot just suffer, because this is the best way to avoid responsibility. Yes, we do suffer, so that the life went on, in particular, in such wonderful dimensions as Den’s photo exhibit.”
“THESE PHOTOS ADD OPTIMISM, FAITH IN THE FUTURE”
Daryna BOIKO, chief editor, news show host, Culture TV Channel:
“After the events of the recent months Ukraine has changed a lot, every one of us has changed. Every Ukrainian I see in the photos of this Den’s photo exhibit is above all a person with caring eyes. This is a Ukrainian who feels himself a part of the country and realizes his own responsibility. This is the time when we have understood that we cannot be waiting for the changes, be impartial, because we are the participants of all the processes that are taking place around us. Everyone should do what s/he can. In the photos I can see compassion, support, and mutual assistance. In these people there is endless faith in our victory. Be it not for this faith and optimism, we would have lost heart long ago. On the contrary, even women and children show strength and unbreakable will today. There is an all-Ukrainian faith in victory, a different result is simply impossible. The events like the photo exhibit of newspaper Den are very much needed these days. I’m not speaking about entertainment and recreation, because these photos make us think above all, they add optimism, faith in the light future. The TV channel Culture has awarded the photo by Kostiantyn Hryshyn Debaltseve. Looking at it, we ponder over what time we are living in and realize that here, in Kyiv, we should not forget about what is going on in the Donbas.”
