PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Lynsey Addario, the renowned photojournalist who has documented the war in Ukraine since February 2022, spent more than a week living with a mother and son in a town near the frontline in Eastern Ukraine in the spring of 2023. Earlier that year she met Yegor, 11, while he was learning to do sutures at a hospital. Yegor’s mother, Lena, worked at the hospital as an X-ray technician and assisted with treating soldiers. After shelling threatened their apartment, Lena and Yegor moved to a small, one-story house of a friend that was close to the hospital but had no running water and sporadic electricity. The decision of whether to stay or flee always loomed. Addario reported, wrote, photographed and filmed the videos for this report. She documents their attempt to carve out a fleeting sense of normalcy amid the horror of war and how Yegor's childhood is transformed by it. Addario gives an unflinching look at an aspect of the war that is rarely seen.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Entry Type: Single Entry

Channel: Digital

Primary Role of the Designer: Designer as craftsman

Client Relationship: Unknown (NA) / Other (if other, please explain) The New York Times Magazine is one of the departments within The New York Times.

Intention of the Project: Unknown (NA) / Other (if other, please explain) This project is in service of journalism.

Development Budget: Confidential / Not available

Production/Execution Budget: Confidential / Not Available

Source of Funding: Funded internally

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CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Gail Bichler

Art Director: Deputy Art Director, Annie Jen and Rachel Willey

Designers: Design Director, Ben Grandgenett

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Photographer: Photographer: Lynsey Addario; Director of Photography, Kathy Ryan; Deputy Director of Photography, Jessica Dimson; Contributing Photo Editor: Shannon Simon

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