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Zelensky portrait sold for 6 million hryvnias: proceeds will go toward generators for schools
Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Chekmenev 15 December sold a portrait of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at a Forbes Ukraine charity auction in Kyiv.
It fetched 6 million hryvnias (150 thousand dollars). The photograph was taken on 19 April 2022 for the cover of TIME magazine.
The photographer himself reported this information on Instagram. Person of the Year was entrepreneur Oleksandr Konotopskyi. He is the founder and CEO-manufacturer of Ajax security systems. The man ranks 28 in Forbes’ list of Ukraine’s richest people.
As Chekmenev said, the funds will be used to buy generators for schools in the Kyiv region. "I wanted to raise money to buy at least one generator for the school in Bohdanivka," Oleksandr writes in his personal blog.
The significant event was commented on by Azerbaijani photographer Rena Effendi. She wrote to Chekmenev: "Great work." The woman has been working in documentary photography since 2001 and has a 177-thousand audience on Instagram.
Street photographer from Michigan Susanna Stein also celebrated the sale of the president’s portrait: "Congratulations, I’m very happy for you and for the people who will receive the generators." She has captured the harsh reality of street life across the country in a series of candid photos. A number of images showing life among the homeless in Los Angeles and New York were shot on an iPhone. The woman has 60 thousand followers on Instagram.
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