• Roman Pilipey "The Ultimate Price"

  • Jul 11 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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Roman Pilipey "The Ultimate Price"

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  • Roman Pilipey is a Ukrainian photojournalist based in Kiyv. The first main event he witnessed as a photographer was the Euromaidan revolution in Kyiv, 2013-2014, when Ukraine showed its clear and unmistakable determination to be a part of Europe. It is no coincidence that the invasion and annexation of Crimea by Russian military happened only a few months later. From 2014, Roman was covering the, then still isolated, war in eastern Ukraine, and, in the same year, became the staff photographer for European Pressphoto Agency (EPA). For the next few years, Roman's focus was mainly on Eastern Ukraine and its aftermath, while also working in other parts of the country. In 2017, Roman relocated to Beijing for EPA where he worked on stories and covered major news events in China, becoming in 2022 the EPA bureau chief for the China region. Throughout his years in China, he has been traveling to almost every corner of the country. For his work in China he was awarded Photographer of the Year, POY Asia 2022. When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Roman had just finished covering the Beijing Olympic Games. He immediately left China and went to his native country to cover the war. Since then he relocated back to Ukraine, where he works on stories of the ongoing war. In early 2023, after eight years in EPA, Roman left the agency. Since then he is actively collaborating with Getty Images, and works as chief photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP). In 2023, with his picture from Bucha, which we will discuss in more detail a little later on, he was awarded Pictures of the Year International (POY) Finalist in “War in Ukraine: News” category, and in 2024 Roman was named Photojournalist of the Year, National at the 2024 National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) in the category Best of Photojournalism. An award he much deserves and I was very happy to see him receive.

    Having him in the van with us today, we will look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the eyes of one its most accomplished chroniclers by discussing a selection of Roman's images from the last two years. And I am, therefore, incredibly grateful to have him with us today.

    Welcome to the Yellow Van, Roman!

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    SHOW NOTES

    Image Gallery
    https://bit.ly/yellowvanstories

    Roman on the Web
    https://www.facebook.com/roman.pilipey
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-pilipey-3a1a2367/
    https://x.com/RomanPilipey

    Ukraine Aid
    https://www.hospitallers.life/
    https://prytulafoundation.org/en
    https://savelife.in.ua/en/

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    Love In The Face Of Fear, Jim Kroft

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