Curated by Fred Ritchin and Ira Lupu

The Spilka exhibition and auction is comprised of the results of a juried open-call, which was curated by the Ukrainian photography and art professionals — Yaroslav Solop, Lyolya Goldstein, Betya Roytburd, Lena Shkoda, Ira Lupu.

‍The open-call applicants were invited to present photography or video works created in Ukraine between 2014 (when russia first invaded and began to wage war in Ukraine) and now, with a focus on personal imagery representing life in Ukraine throughout the course of the invasion. 230 submissions from professional and amateur photographers, including individuals on the ground such as volunteers and fighters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were received.
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The virtual print auction, also organized by Spilka, merges artworks from all the participants of the Ukrainian Perspectives exhibition, including Magnum Photo artists and the open-call finalists. The auction proceeds will be directed towards various Spilka initiatives which fund vulnerable populations in Ukraine, as well as an initiative by Spilka Paris focused on renovating a destroyed school in Korolivka village, Kyiv region, and building a bomb-shelter for its students. A portion of the funds will also be directed toward support for the participating Ukraine-based artists.

All photographs in the auction were taken after 2014 and illustrate the multitude of narrativesthat make Ukraine. The photographs were selected through an open call to professional andamateur photographers by a jury of Ukrainian photo and art professionals: Lyolya Goldstein,curator, and owner of Bird in Flight magazine), and Yaroslav Solop, (artist, photographyresearcher, editor-in-chief of Booksha publishing, both based in Ukraine), as well as Ira Lupu,(artist, photographer, and co-founder of In Ukraine exhibition), Lena Shkoda, (artist,photographer, co-founder of Spilka, owner of Movement productions, and Betty Roytburd,(artist, curator, and co-founder of Spilka).