Yelena Yemchuk – УYY Conceptual shot by Jamie Hawkesworth and

shot by Jamie Hawkesworth and interviewed inside by Cristina Ruiz

When I moved to NYC as an artist

an ineffable essence of identity framed by the intimacy between photographer and subjects—a window into a sensibility in its formation

They challenge our everyday assumptions and show us that the boundaries we put between things are more permeable than we might like to think

power and pathos of Najin & Fatu

Yelena Yemchuk – УYY Conceptual shot by Jamie Hawkesworth andYY is an acronym for Yelena Yemchuk, meaning the Slavic word for Ukraine, followed by the name of the Kyiv born author of the present book. Given the misleading resemblance between and Y, the title may at first appear to be why why why. The publishing project brings together the author's photographs, paintings and personal archives to bring out the essential elements of her wide ranging and heterogeneous research. The storys time is disjointed in