The escalation of the international armed conflict in Ukraine has caused civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure, forcing people to flee their homes seeking safety, protection, and assistance. Millions of refugees from Ukraine have crossed borders into neighbouring countries, and many more have been forced to move inside the country. 

  “The situation is disconcerting, this is what several Ukrainian women I talk to are telling me. They agree on reducing the importance of material belongings, including the roof under which they raised the children who accompany them, which, as they can learn from the news, has now been reduced to ruins. The real heartbreaker has been leaving their husbands to fight with rudimentary resources against a Goliath armed to the teeth. The two typical words in any farewell, “see you soon,” have been replaced by “love you forever”. The chances of surviving are swinging at the rhythm of the bombs and the decisions taken by political leaders coerced by economic interests.”

This series of photographs was taken at the Polish border crossings of Medyka and Przemyśl in March 2022. Photographs that bring us closer to a reality that, however distant it may seem to us geographically, puts into perspective the fragility of the social fabric that led us to develop as a civilized species.