ANNA ILCHENKO AND SVITLANA OSLAVSKA: OLD KHATA PROJECT – Masahisa FukaseFor three generations

– Masahisa FukaseFor three generations the Fukase family ran a photography studio in Bifuka

self-portraits

some in an ecstatic trance

observing and absorbing the essence of daily life as it was offered to him by his fellow citizens

Taking as his subject the banality of institutional learning

ANNA ILCHENKO AND SVITLANA OSLAVSKA: OLD KHATA PROJECT – Masahisa FukaseFor three generationsOld Khata Project is a visual and storytelling documentary project about traditional rural architecture in Ukraine and the people who created it, which recently expanded to include accounts of rural communities affected by war. It is being created by Anna Ilchenko (photographer) and Svitlana Oslavska (writer). During 2021, we were visiting villages all over Ukraine, documenting rural houses and conducting interviews with residents. By the end of 2021,