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In November 2013 many Ukrainian students began to protest against the President Viktor Yanukovych due to the cooling of relations with European Union. Over the months, many ultras and militants of far-right groups have supported the protest that has turned into a open rebellion against the government. The center of Kiev became the headquarters of the protest and the barricades delimited the border of the revolution with the rest of the city.
During the month of February, the clashes between the rebels and security forces have become more intense. The internal conflict ended with the ouster of President Yanukovych and the death of about one hundred people.
I worked on the rebel's side during the most bloody days of the Maidan's clashes, trying to focus on people taking an active part in street protests.

About author:

Sandro Maddalena was born in the province of Naples, Italy, on February 12th 1984. In 2010 he graduated in Photojournalism at the Academy of fine Arts of Naples. In 2009 he executed his first reportage about the collection of garbage in Cairo, thanks to which, he was finalist in the italian contest "National Prize of Arts" (2010) and international contest "Click about it" (2012). In 2013 he is the youngest photographer of the group that presents a exhibit in Cologne about the last fifty years of social photography in Naples, with a work on a mental institution. In 2014 he was finalist in the international contest " Freelens Award for Young Photojournalism" and he was one of the winners in the international contest "Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year". During the same year he was elected "Editorial photographer of the year" in the international contest "International Photography Awards" and was the overall winner of the last edition of the national contest Nikon talent. His photographs have been published in italian and international magazines and newspaper.

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