Works
  • Felipe Jácome, Yuliia 1
    Yuliia 1
  • Photographer Felipe Jacome captures ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings view at Gilman Contemporary
    Anastasiia
  • Felipe Jacome photograph Ukranian ballerina printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Svitlana 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballerina grand jeté printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Ilona 2
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings available at Gilman Contemporary
    Vlada 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph Ukranian ballerina on point printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Svitlana 2
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Nika 2
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Nika 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph Ukranian ballerina printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Katya 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballerina printed on bullet casings view at Gilman Contemporary
    Ilona 3
  • Felipe Jácome, Ilona 1
    Ilona 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballerina printed on bullet casings purchase at gilman contemporary
    Evelina 1
  • Photography by Felipe Jacome Ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings available Gilman Contemporary
    Diana 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Dasha 1
  • Felipe Jácome, Anna 1
    Anna 1
  • Felipe Jacome photograph ukranian ballet dancer printed on bullet casings purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Anastasiia 1
  • Felilpe Jacome Photograph Ukranian Ballet Dancer printed on bullet casings available at Gilman Contemporary
    Anastasia
Overview
Ukrainian ballerinas in art, Felipe Jacome and Svitlana Onipko

In the last 15 years working as a photographer, I have focused on telling the stories of people affected by armed conflicts, migration, and environmental devastation. My documentary practice has been based on the production of photographic essays combining a wide array of elements and techniques to enrich the narrative of the story and connect with the public on different levels.

 

Felipe Jácome is a photographer born in Ecuador whose work explores issues of human mobility, human rights, environmental degradation, and the destructive nature of war.

 

The UNBROKEN project is a result of an artistic collaboration between Felipe Jácome and Svitlana Onipko, a photographer and dancer of the Ukranian National Ballet. Their works capture the grace and the horror of displaced Ukrainian ballerinas in the midst of a devastating war. Having met during a photoshoot in Kyiv two years before the start of the war, they connected over their love for photography. For this project, the artists transfer images of displaced Ukrainian ballerinas onto bullet casings. The strength, resilience, determination, and beauty of the dancers is juxtaposed with the senseless violence, brutality, and destruction inflicted by the bullets.  

 

The photographs of the Unbroken project will be sold to raise funds for relief and recovery efforts in Ukraine.

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