TITLE: Babusia

Ukrainian babusias (grandmothers) are special. First, it's hard to imagine them without headscarves, which necessarily have interesting patterns. Secondly, their eyes always reflect their vast life experience. Each wrinkle, each layer of shadow tells its own story. Babusia Oksana is 80 years old. All her life she has worked in the fields. Most of her life was spent in the Soviet Union, so she was used to working tirelessly from dawn till dusk. Having lived most of her life, Grandma Oksana has no regrets - she keeps a small vegetable garden and some livestock. Every morning begins with the rooster crowing and ends with the news on the radio at 7 p.m. There are not many like her left. People like her are a separate era.

AUTHOR: Petro Katerynych (Ukraine)

Petro Katerynych (Kyiv, Ukraine) is a PhD student at the Institute of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Author of the publication in the national ranking periodicals "Ukrainska Pravda" ("Ukrainian Truth") and "Den" ("Day"). He has interned at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Winner of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Prize for Outstanding Achievements of Youth in Development of Ukraine and received a Mykhailo Hrushevskyi academic scholarship for PhD students. Photo contest awards:
ND Awards (2020) Honorable Mention (Nature, Macro), "Wiki Loves Earth" regional winner (2020).