The exhibition Through Her Eyes, organized by the American Ukraine Committee, engages with one of the most difficult challenges of our time: how to speak about war from a distance without turning it into abstraction.

In this project, photography emerges as a way to preserve fragile fragments of a reality that is constantly shifting. It does not seek to provide definitive answers or construct a complete picture; instead, it leaves space for a personal experience of what is seen. At a time when the reality of war unfolds faster than it can be comprehended, the image becomes a form of presence — a statement: this happened, this is ongoing, this cannot be reduced to a brief report or statistics.

The works presented here were created across different regions of Ukraine — Donetsk region, Kharkiv region, Odesa, Kyiv. This geography brings together varied landscapes and states of being, forming a layered image of life that continues despite the war. Seven photographers — Daria Svertilova, Nastia Verbova, Lisa Bukreyeva, Mariia Taran, Veronika Mushtai, Kseniia Tomchyk, and Iva Sidash — work from different degrees of proximity to events, yet are united by an attentiveness to the human being. Each work centers not on the event itself, but on its reflection in everyday life.

In these images, war is not always directly visible. It reveals itself in a shifted sense of time, in ordinary moments that acquire a different weight. This is a gaze that combines documentary with inner experience. Each artist works from her own background and perspective: from attentive observation of civilian life to documenting military reality, from personal stories to broader contexts. These practices differ, yet share a common ground: a refusal of simplification. War here is not reduced to spectacle or to a single narrative. It appears instead as a multiplicity of experiences.

Relocated to New York, the exhibition does not lose its sharpness, but it does shift perspective. It exists between two realities — the one lived and the one observed. It is within this tension that a space for dialogue emerges, where photography becomes a way of bearing witness and engaging with others.

Through Her Eyes is not only about what is captured. It is about how we look — and whether we are willing to see.