With the support of the Canon Young People Programme, within the KiNO project we present photographic projects by teenagers and young adults who took part in the free documentary photography course “Inner Route” in Montenegro.
For many displaced young people, one of the key challenges is finding themselves in a place they did not choose and do not yet feel connected to. As part of the course, participants engaged in photographic exercises designed to reframe their relationship with the city, helping to build new, personal, and positive connections with their surroundings. Each participant worked on their own theme, yet all projects are united by a shared intention to see the familiar differently, creating new emotional connections with space through various photographic and psychogeographic techniques.
Each participant worked on their own theme, focusing not so much on the subject itself as on the way it is perceived through shifts in angle, distance, and attention to detail. Each series becomes a personal attempt to reframe reality and find a new way of seeing.
Warm–Cold — Oleksandra Starykovska
A visual study of the contrast between warm and cold tones through different objects and the expressive use of light.
The Beauty of Change — Anna Dombrovska
A project about the world of plants and the beauty present in every stage of their life, from first growth to fading.
Prime — Veronika Rolinska
A visual exploration of the meeting point between human beauty and nature, where body and landscape merge into a single, balanced composition.
Polako — David Sosnovskyi
A series that began with observing animals and expanded into a wider reflection on stillness, slowness, and attentiveness to the world.
Phot-photka — Kateryna Rolinska
A project about photographers absorbed in the act of shooting, captured in spontaneous and unrepeatable moments behind their cameras.
My Neighbours — Taina Gordeeva
A project about the unexpected encounter with remarkable neighbours and an attempt to show their way of life with gratitude and curiosity.
How I Saw Herceg Novi Then and How I See It Now — Marharyta Rusakova
A personal reflection on how the city changed through familiarity, and how perception becomes more attentive, intimate, and layered over time.
Familiar Places, Unfamiliar Angle — Mariia Martynenko
A series about discovering something new in familiar places and noticing details that often remain unseen.
A Walk — Sofiia Batalinska
A slow observation of a coastal city, where light, shadows, reflections, and geometry turn everyday space into quiet visual stories.
A Different Way of Seeing — Oleksandar Hordinskyi
A project exploring how perception changes through shifts in angle, scale, and distance, revealing hidden rhythms and connections in everyday reality.
The course was supported by the Canon Young People Programme, KiNOcourse, and the Ukrainian Centre in Montenegro.
The course was led by Valya Korabelnikova, with support from Evgeniya Goldobina-Yartseva and Vadim Blagoveschenskii, and administrative support from Kateryna Dugina.
The Canon Young People Programme (YPP) has been running in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa since 2015. Through the programme, young people are given the opportunity to express themselves and create positive change for the future through visual storytelling. Within YPP, Canon collaborates with non-governmental organisations and the United Nations.
KiNO is a programme of free workshops for Ukrainian teenagers, delivered online and offline, including in the United Kingdom, Germany, Georgia, Estonia, and Ukraine.
