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"THEURA. SOFIA YABLONSKA" is a project that introduces the world and Ukraine to a prominent Ukrainian photographer, writer, traveler, film documentary filmmaker. It combines a photo album and 3 books of traveling prose from the literary heritage of Sofia Yablonska (1907-1971)
Sophia was called "Theura" - a red bird - and thus recognized as "her" native of the island of Bora Bora, where she was one of the first to appear with a photo and film camera. In Indochina, Egypt, Ceylon, Bali, Tahiti, New Zealand - everywhere in the world, she filmed a "live" picture of life, and not fashionable productions at that time.
The photo album, which was printed in Ukrainian and French (separate versions) with the support of the UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION, includes her photos from a trip around the world in the 1930s.
Foreword - Oksana Zabuzhko (Kyiv)
Photos from the archive of Natalie Udin, Yablonska's granddaughter (Paris)
Biography: Veronika Khomenyuk and Andrii Benytskyi (Lviv)
Photo captions: Natalka Beshta (Bangkok)
Selection of illustrations and design (almost curators): Maria Norazyan and Ilya Pavlov, Grafprom studio (Kharkiv)
Project manager: Lidia Likhach