Ukrainian photographer triumphs at Paris International Street Photo Awards

Ukrainian photographer VarrIng (real name – Ihor Babiy) received an honorable mention at the Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA) international street photography competition.

This was reported on the PISPA website.

Ihor Babiy received an honorable mention in the Black & White SP category for the photo "Photograph No. 19 from the artist's collection Street Photo #1".

The photo shows a man photographing his wife, who recently became a mother, near a lake in the Pozniaky district of Kyiv. She is sitting on a concrete wall, forming a bird's figure with her hands – a symbol of flight.

"This photo is about love and motherhood, the hopes of a young family, the power of the moment, and my vision of the world around us. I am glad that a fragment of our Ukrainian reality has found a response in the hearts of the international jury," the photographer wrote on Instagram.

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The Paris International Street Photo Awards is an annual competition dedicated to the art of street photography. Photographers worldwide participate, demonstrating their vision of moments from people's lives in different corners of the planet.

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