Ukrainian photographer Kostiantyn Huzenko, a employees sergeant with the thirty fifth Separate Marine Brigade, was killed in a Russian assault in Ukraine's east on 1 November.
Supply: Ukraїner, a cultural media undertaking presenting Ukraine to audiences at residence and overseas; Bohdan Lohvynenko, founding father of Ukraїner, journalist and serviceman
Particulars: Earlier than the full-scale invasion, Kostiantyn was a documentary and artwork photographer, media producer and podcaster.
After 2022, he collaborated on the Conflict Archive undertaking, documenting the wrestle of Ukrainians. He travelled to liberated cities and villages with a staff from Ukraїner to report how the warfare had affected them.
In February 2024, Kostiantyn joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, serving within the communications unit of the thirty fifth Separate Marine Brigade.
Ukraїner quotes him as saying: "Over time, being within the military turned extra essential to me than being there for the military."
Kostiantyn was killed in a Russian assault in Ukraine's east on 1 November.
"Kostia, thanks for every little thing, thanks for being you. I can't imagine you're gone," Lohvynenko mentioned.
"We travelled collectively for shoots all through 2022 and 2023 – South, East and North – in all these unsafe corners of our homeland. Kostia was by no means afraid to go anyplace."
Journalist and Radio Kultura presenter Zakhar Davydenko described Kostiantyn as a gifted particular person "with a loving {and professional} eye" who "had the power to see one thing particular the place it appeared there was nothing to see".
Photographer Olena Hrom wrote: "One other identify added to the checklist that ought to not exist. Kostiantyn Huzenko. He seemed on the world by way of a lens, and now his gaze is everlasting. Reminiscence and honour."
Journalist and serviceman Vlad Holovko urged everybody to share photographs of Kostiantyn in his reminiscence.
"It is a ache shared by dozens, if not tons of, of people that knew him or crossed paths with him, nevertheless briefly. Kostia was great – gifted, delicate, light and fragile, but decisive and powerful. He opened himself to the world, and the world was open to him. His demise is an unspeakable loss for his family members and associates," he wrote.
Maksym Sytnikov, Govt Director of PEN Ukraine, additionally recalled experiences he had shared with Kostiantyn.
"I bear in mind assembly you on the Pyriatyn railway station and our first Ukraїner expedition – how we slept on the identical range bench in a village home, and then you definately made the most effective espresso for the entire staff and turned our breakfasts into actually hedonistic moments.
I bear in mind working into you at occasions in Kyiv. I bear in mind how a lot you photographed for PEN Ukraine. I bear in mind – and I at all times will."
The date and place of Kostiantyn's funeral might be introduced later.
Lohvynenko additionally shared a fundraising hyperlink to assist Kostiantyn's mother and father.
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