Ukrainian photographer creates stark graduation portraits in Chernihiv ruins

Ukraine has been ravaged by war. A photographer by the name of Stanislav Senyk went about capturing in his camera some 40 students graduating from schools in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv, and the result is this haunting album.

June 14, 2022 19:17 IST

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Ukraine has been ravaged by war. A photographer by the name of Stanislav Senyk went about capturing in his camera some 40 students graduating from schools in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv, and the result is this haunting album. Scroll down to take a look at what has become of Ukraine more than three months after Russia invaded it. In this photo, students pose inside a damaged building for a high school graduation photoshoot, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chernihiv. Picture has been obtained from social media. (Instagram/@senykstas/via REUTERS)

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Students pose in front of a destroyed military vehicle for a high school graduation photoshoot in Chernihiv, June 5, 2022. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)

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Students pose near a damaged building for a high school graduation photoshoot in Chernihiv. (Photo: Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)

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Students pose on destroyed vehicles for a high school graduation photoshoot. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)

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Students pose in a damaged building for a high school graduation photoshoot in Chernihiv. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)

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Students pose outside a damaged building in Chernihiv. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS.

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Students pose inside a room in a damaged building for a high school graduation photoshoot in Chernihiv. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)

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Students pose in front of a damaged window for a high school graduation photoshoot, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)

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Senyk's photographs show school students embracing next to mangled metal and posing on a tank as they don graduation sashes. (Instagram/@senykstas/Handout via REUTERS)