« When Our Paths Cross » is the fourth chapter of my photographic journey through Ukraine, Born from the desire for encounter, the series captures moments of truth and emotion amid war — faces and places where resilience and fragility coexist. Wandering through Ukraine, I seek not images but presences: fragments of the Ukrainian soul revealed in silence, light, and waiting. Each portrait speaks of identity, loss, and endurance. Together, they form a visual diary of a wounded yet standing nation — a way of saying: I saw you, I heard you, and I make you visible.
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.
