A van peppered with shrapnel holes pulled into the parking lot of the refugee centre in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. “Many vans and vehicles contained similar markings from fleeing the city of Mariupol, but not long after this van pulled into line a small commotion gathered around,” says the photographer Madeline Kelly. “A young boy from Mariupol was too afraid to leave his spot. No amount of coaxing and pleading from those around him could pull him outside. His face was marred with fear, untrusting of those around him.”
Madeleine Kelly is a 24 year old photojournalist from the United States. She is currently based in central and eastern Europe where she is both working and getting her masters degree in International War Studies from the University College of Dublin and Potsdam University.
Kelly began her journey as a photographer at a young age while travelling to American National Parks with her grandparents. There she fell in love with photography and animals, hoping to combine these to become a full time wildlife photographer as an adult. After changing career paths, Kelly began her work as a photojournalist in Hong Kong in 2019, during the anti-extradition protests. She continued her work throughout 2020 across America during the Black Lives Matter movement and the 2020 presidential election. In 2021, Kelly was covering the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol when she survived a stab attack thanks to her bullet proof vest.
Now she is documenting the war in Ukraine, where she has covered news stories from Kyiv, Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Ornihiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipro and most recently Lysychansk, Bakhmut and Kremenchuk.
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