From the ruins of war, Ukraine’s resilience shines. The gutted buildings and shattered walls bear witness to lives once lived and war crimes endured. Amid destruction, light threads through cracks, carrying memory and hope. These images are not restoration but testimony — proof that life persists, wounded yet unbroken. In darkness, light survives, and in ruin, the promise of renewal endures.
My name is Yves Lacroix (the cross in english), but I am not a believer. I was born in the Paris region in 1972, and I now live in Nice, France. I am a photographer and a dreamer of cinema. An introvert by nature, I see photography as a means of expression—a personal language through which I question the world and convey emotion. Influenced by a childhood often spent alone in front of the television, I developed a strong sensitivity to visual storytelling, blending fiction and reality in an aesthetic marked by solitude, ambiguity, and duality.
