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Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) employee, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, May 2022

Adam Ferguson

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 Finalist

digital photograph on paper (frame: 113cm x 140.0cm depth 6cm)
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) employee, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, May 2022

Olha Trypolska, duty manager at the Trostianets train station in Sumy Oblast. When Russian troops invaded Trostianets in February 2022, Olha, along with seven people, hid in the basement of the train station, where this portrait was later taken. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, trains have become the backbone of the country: essential to the war effort, crucial to evacuating people, moving weapons, goods and supplies, as well as providing a diplomatic avenue and an economic lifeline.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
(More information, View all 47 photos)

Looking Down
Abraham Admasu (School of St Yared student, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Serenity
Nikki – Yurrkan Mantangka Ngargnyi – coll 1 (Nikki – young woman on Country)

Other NPPP photos from Adam Ferguson
(More information)

Carlos Soyos, 34, a migrant from Guatemala City, Guatemala and his son, Enderson Soyos, 8, take a self portrait at El Buen Samaritano migrants shelter, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2021 Adam Ferguson
2022 Highly Commended
Morteza Arefifar, Manus Island Detention Centre, 2017 by Adam Ferguson
2019 Finalist
Roo shooter's offsider, 2017 by Adam Ferguson
2018 Finalist
Jokowi, Indonesia, 2014 by Adam Ferguson
2015 Finalist

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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

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