American Photography 40 Winners

A young couple share a tender moment at Independence Square in the city center. Despite Russian aggression, Ukrainian life continues. April 21, 2023. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian Soldiers act as pallbearers as the coffin of Artur Asadov is transported to the cemetery in Pidhirtsi. Artur Asadov was a commander in a fire support company of the 49th Specialized Motor Brigade. He was born on March 31, 1995, and died on April 9, 2023. He wanted to be a film director after the war. He wanted to be a father with his newly married wife, Karina. He was 28 years old. April 18, 2023. Pidhirtsi, Ukraine.

Remnants of happy times and lives once lived in a destroyed apartment unit in Borodyanka, a city that laid in the path of the 2022 Russian assault on Kyiv. May 11, 2023. Borodyanka, Ukraine.

A children’s swing set, a symbol of youth, in front of a building that has been cut in half by Russian airstrikes on Borodyanka. May 11, 2023. Borodyanka, Ukraine.