“‘Resistance – Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom’ (ibidem-Verlag) is the title of the photo and reportage book by Till Mayer, published in February 2026. Documenting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has become a life’s work for the man from Bamberg. The photojournalist has been visiting the combat zone in Donbas regularly since 2017. Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, he has been traveling to Ukraine on a monthly basis up to the present day. With his camera he accompanies people through this dark time: from the hinterland to the frontline positions. His reports appear in numerous daily newspapers and magazines. He has received multiple awards for his reporting.“

Alongside the book ‘Resistance – Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom’ there is a traveling exhibition of the same name, which is being updated regularly with new photos.

The protagonists of “Shattered” – the new exhibition of Till Mayers in cooperation with Handicap International – have one thing in common: Their lives have been shattered by war. There is a farmer from Kongo, who lost his leg due to the detonation of a grenade. The elderly woman from a village close to the trenches in the Eastern Ukraine. Almost only aged people remained stayed there. Or a girl in Iraq, who lost her leg, her brother and her mother, because fighters laid booby traps in her home town of Mosul.

The detonations of bombs and grenades shatter for a lifetime.

Four clown-doctors and their work with displaced children from Eastern Ukraine, who have been traumatized by war.

A depressing story, which at the same time gives hope.

Directors: Till Mayer/ Pirmin Styrnol, camera: Hendrik Steffens/ Till Mayer, Sound/Music: Maik Styrnol, Final cut: Tom Summerfield.

The multi-media rescue operation “Winter in Lviv” is making waves. 120’000 Euros have been collected so far. These donations guarantee the continuation of the Red Cross nurses’ work in Lviv, Ukraine. This means, the pensioners living in poverty will not be let down. The film “Winter in Lviv” is in the main focus of this campaign. The film was made by Till Mayer (director & camera) with Pirmin Styrnol (director), Hendrik Steffens (camera & cut), Maik Styrnol (music, sound & web-design) and Dustin Hemmerlein (camera & cut). “Winter in Lviv” won the Coburg Media Award 2018 and was elected “Best Documentary”, both at the film festival “React Short Film Festival” (Italy) and “Porto7” (Portugal).