My mom wants to go back home

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"Hanna Hrabarska and her mother Iryna travelled through Uzhgorod, Mali Selmentsi, Kosice, Budapest, and Munich before arriving in the Netherlands, where they started their new lives as war refugees. Since the very beginning of their journey, Hanna has been taking photos of her mother. Hanna described everything seemed so surreal that she wanted to capture all their moments on the road as proof they where actually happening. The process of taking photos also served as a distraction and gave Hanna a sense of control, among the chaos and uncertainty, there was now something she could be sure about, her photos. Hanna Hrabarska (1986) is a Ukrainian photographer, visual artist, and photojournalist. She holds a Master of Arts in Journalism from the National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv (2010). Before the war in Ukraine, she ran a small portrait studio in Kyiv. Over the last decade she has established herself as a freelance photographer, photojournalist, and documentary artist -- with both commissioned and autonomous work. The artist has been teaching photography courses at the online art & photography school SKVOT, a Ukrainian creative hub based in Kyiv. Hrabarska's work has been published in numerous media outlets and exhibited in Europe and USA. Her photographs have been part of the group show This is Ukraine; Defending Freedom at 2022 Venice Biennale."--Publisher's website.