The Shepeliuk Archive: Re-examining Ukrainian Industrial Heritage Through Soviet Photojournalism | AHRC DTP
Subject: Art History
School: School of Art History
Supervisors: Dr Kate Cowcher, University of St Andrews; Prof Victoria Donovan, University of St Andrews
Keywords: Ukraine; Industrial photography; Archive; Photojournalism; Shepeliuk
Discipline+Catalyst:Â Cultural & Museum Studies; Modern Languages
Knowledge Exchange Hub: Heritage; Creative Economies
About Rebecca’s Research:
The Oleksii Shepeliuk archive is the focus of this PhD, which will examine Ukrainian industrial photographic practice. The archive has never been studied and will provide critical insights into Soviet-era industrial history and heritage, which exists today in a grey zone between abandonment and extinction.
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Oleksii Shepeliuk was a photographer and editor for the Kyiv Lepse Factory newspaper from 1963-1970. His corpus of work, consisting of photography, journalism and accompanying notes, offers a rare glimpse into the practices of industrial self-documentation, a little-studied area of Soviet Ukrainian visual and cultural history.
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E: kv47@st-andrews.ac.uk