The ghostly gazes of Ukraine's war dead are losing definition. At a cemetery in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, photographs affixed to headstones are almost imperceptible after being exposed to rain, sun and frost since the war began nearly a year ago.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-faded-portraits-photography-a8b50e53bb240db11b9c5c727ef1526fAt a cemetery in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, photographs affixed to headstones are almost imperceptible. Exposed to rain, sun and frost since the, the graveside portraits’ once-bright hues are fading away and yellow stains and mold are encroaching.
In the worn-out portrait of Anatoly Olofunskyi, it is still possible to see the pattern of the military shirt the former soldier is wearing, though his facial features have become faint after a regular battering of snow and rain. His mother, Ludmilla, says she has changed the photograph twice since he died last spring.
Ludmilla says she has given up changing her son’s cemetery portrait, but she visits his grave regularly — and believes that he still communicates with her. After the block her apartment is on was shelled, the building manager grew concerned because he hadn’t heard from her. He asked one of the cleaners to check on her. The man arrived and found the key still lodged in Pivin’s door, and the woman lying on the ground.
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