Journalism has become an exceptionally high-risk profession in places like Ukraine, Gaza and Mexico, noted the Ukrainian news organization United 24 Media in a recent article asking whether photojournalism is still possible in the age of kill zones and drone warfare. That question and others were the focus of October's IMPACT KYIV forum--an "international Forum of War and Conflict Photography" launched by the Ukrainian House of Photography in cooperation with the Institut Francais d'Ukraine and the French Embassy in Ukraine.

  Peggy Roalf: Do you remember the first illustrated book you acquired as a young adult? What attracted your attention to that particular volume? Viktor Koen: Other than growing up on a healthy diet of Tintin, Asterix & Obelix and Lucky Luke, the first illustrated book I remember intentionally buying was Art Spiegelman’s Maus. PR: Do books still have the same allure that they did when you were a student? VK: The allure has only increased. There is noth...