Died legendary Ukrainian photojournalist

Alexander Khudoteply died after a long struggle with a deadly disease .

Today, may 19, after a long struggle with a deadly disease took the life of the famous Ukrainian photographer Alexander Khudoteply.

We Express our sincere condolences to the family of Alexander, his family, relatives and friends.

As reported by people close to him, the past few months, Alexander unsuccessfully fought cancer.

“He struggled with the disease until recently. The man is dead for 3 months… Burned like a candle. 2 were carried out chemotherapy… alas, to no avail,” wrote journalist Anna Kopytko.

Donetsk photographer Alexander Khudoteply in his work always had a preference for live shooting, not “artificial” frames.

As he himself said, “I never do staged shots, only candid shots. In my opinion, the photo must be alive. Each frame I try to do intuitively”.

Pictures of Alexander Guatemala appeared regularly in the global media. He also collaborated with Reuters, AP, AFP and other leading news agencies of the world.

Photo Alexander started in high school. And in 1989 he made his professional photodebut on the ground in the Donbass. Over 24 years of work the photographer has changed more than seven cameras from “Zenith” to the ultra-modern “DSLRs”, traveled most of Europe, visited the war Transnistria was in Moscow during the August 1991 coup, removed the “orange” revolution in 2004 and the war in the Donbass in 2014…

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