Lynsey Addario, „Mom, I Want to Live“ – A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer
The American photographer (b.1973) places the fateful story of a Ukrainian girl at the heart of her series. In 2020, when the youngster was just two years old, she was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer. Though this type of cancer is normally curable, treatment was unable to continue during the war. An emotional story about the desperate and tenacious struggle for survival of a girl and her family in a country torn apart by war.
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Sonya’s vitals are monitored at a palliative care center, Chernivitsi, June 6, 2024
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Sonya is embraced by the founder of the palliative care center, Marta Levchenko, June 19, 2024
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Sonya and her sister Valeria (7) at a chapel, June 19, 2024
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Sonya rests as her mother cleans her prosthetic eyes, June 27, 2024
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Sonya floats in an inflatable pool with her mother Natalia, June 27, 2024
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Natalia sits with her daughter Sonya after she receives a blood transfusion, June 21, 2024
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Sonya breathing through a nebulizer, June 19, 2024
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Natalia holds her daughter Sonya as they travel from a hospice center to an intensive care unit, June 21, 2024
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Sonya swings in a playground at the Misto Dobra, the “City of Goodness”, June 19, 2024
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Sonya embracing her sister Valeria, June 19, 2024
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Sonya lies semi-conscious next to her mother as she administers paracetamol, July 28, 2024
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Less than a week’s worth of syringes used to administer painkillers and other medication for Sonya, July 28, 2024
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Sonya holding up a letter describing her dreams, June 27, 2024
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Sonya’s brother looks on as she receives painkillers while living in semi-isolation, June 24, 2024
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Sonya is comforted by her mother Natalia, June 25, 2024
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Sonya lies semi-conscious and writhing in pain as her mother, Natalia, kisses her legs, July 29, 2024
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Misto Dobra, “City of Goodness”, co-founder Marta Levchenko comforts Sonya, July 30, 2024
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Natalia places a cross into the hands of her daughter as Sonya lies in her coffin, August 21, 2024
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Sonya’s wake, August 21, 2024
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Natalia stands over the coffin with the body of her daughter Sonya, August 22, 2024
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