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Photographer Nika Ritshel makes art in the fog of war

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Viktoriia Pokatilova | Jens von Larcher
February 24, 2025

With her photos of ballerinas, Ukrainian photographer Nika Ritshel is doing what she can to resist the horrors of war.. She has over 300,000 followers on Instagram.

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