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What These Eyes Have Seen: Ukraine’s Special Ops in Rare Photos
The power radiating from a person’s gaze can’t be replicated. Just five photos, ten eyes, and the boundless energy they hold. Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF)—whose work remains largely unseen—shape outcomes far greater than most realize, in a nation fighting for its survival.
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They don’t speak about how long they waited in the dark, nor do they mention the cold, the exhaustion, or the fear.
As a photojournalist, you learn to chase light. But photographing SOF operators reveals something else: sometimes the light comes from the people themselves.
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