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‘War changed the way I look at things’: a Mariupol photographer portrays Kyiv

Photographer and filmmaker Oleksandr Surovtsov moved to the Ukrainian capital after Russia destroyed his hometown

‘War changed the way I look at things’: a Mariupol photographer portrays Kyiv
Oleksandr Surovtsov, originally from Mariupol, moved to Kyiv after Russia's destruction of his hometown | Image: Oleksandr Surovtsov. All rights reserved
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Over recent months, Oleksandr Surovtsov has been taking photos of people going about their daily lives in the streets of Kyiv, portraying a city where life is returning to some kind of normality.

Surovtsov, who previously lived in Mariupol, where he liked taking photos of abandoned places, was forced to flee after the city came under siege in February, a few days after the invasion.

He managed to escape with his partner and son on 18 March, taking advantage of a fortuitous meeting with someone who wanted to flee but was too scared to do it on his own.