TIFA 2022 People / Children

Between Borders

  • Prize
    Silver in Editorial/Conflict, Bronze in People/Children
  • Jury Top 5 Selection

    Tomohide Ikeya The problems in Ukraine are heartbreaking all over the world. I am especially concerned about how the children are doing. Photos like these will be passed on to future generations and will be an important record.

  • Photographer
    Alena Grom
  • Photo Date
    Spring 2022

In January 2014, in April i was forced to leave her home and hometown due to military events in Donbass. Since 2017 i has lived in Bucha. As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, I and my family became refugees for the second time. We fled to the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod. I came to the station and helped people who were brought by evacuation trains. There I photographed portraits of refugees, at the junction of borders, destinies and times.

Ukrainian artist, photodocumentist Alena Grom was born in Donetsk. In January 2014 she was forced to leave her home and hometown due to military events in Donbass. In such conditions photography has become a salvation for Ms. Grom and a way to escape from a traumatic reality. Since 2017 she has lived in Bucha. As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time. However, her photos are not illustrations of pity or grief, they are an affirmation of life. Life against the odds — one of the main themes of the artist.