Sineus

In 2019 I traveled across Ukraine, from Kiev to Odessa on the Dnieper River by boat with my family. The impetus behind this trip had much to do with Igor Vichnevsky— whose family was originally from the region and at 80 years old he had never visited in his life. This is a photo-essay of our trip.

 
A large statue of a woman i the distance.
A bridge over a river.
A woman raking on a hill.
A person sleeping behind a bush.
A tower monument and tress in a field.
An obelisk monument.
A Kiev subway token.
Close-up of a man's smile.
A miniature sculpture of the city of Kiev.
A painting of Mary in a church.
A tree with white paint on it's trunk.
A white car.
A man standing with his back to the camera.
The tail of a military plane under a tree.
A large statue of a woman.
An image on canvas of Cossacks hanging on a brick wall.
Tree poking out of a hole in a wall.
A man with sun glasses and a head scarf.
The top of a boat with water reflecting in the windows..
The black sea.
A tree with birds flying around it.
A man standing behind a fence with a bicycle.
A woman walking with a cane.
A staue of a bird in the grass.
A fan inside of a room in front of a bright window.
Old wallpaper.
A goat peering through trees.
A woman standing on the sidewalk in front of a Volvo dealerchip.
A portrait of a military man hanging in a window.
A man stands with his hands on the glass of a case displaying miniature rockets.
Old rockets in a parking lot.
An unfinished building on the side of a river.
An old wooden church.
A woman with glasses shading her eyes from the sun.
A woman standing behind a bushy vine.
A man riding a white horse.
A man standing bare chested with a horse .
A painting of men writng a letter.
A man sits on the edge of a river embankment.
A man in a small boat in the water.
A woman looks out onto the water from a boat.
The side of a building with archways.
A drone flyinhg amongst trees.
Two young boys balancing on a thin ledge.
A man walking up steps.
Two people walking along train tracks.
Jellyfish in the water.

When walking the Potemkin steps...

in Odessa - Igor Vichnevsky zigged and zagged up the stairs in an attempt to possibly step in a place his father may have stepped a lifetime ago. Having lost his father at a very young age, he only had his imagination and stories from his mother about what a life in Ukraine may have been like for his father. As I observed this moment I was struck by the desire that many find to gain an understanding of what came before us. And I was left with the question - How much of my own path was set forth by those that came before me?

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