The work of Ephraim Lukacova forced to remember the dark pages of the past.
On his personal website can be read these words:
This page is supposed to tell about the author, but I will violate this rule. I am not the hero of my photos, and events and people with whom I pushed destiny. Believe me, that memory is not the safest place to store photos”.
The “dashing nineties” is a time that survived the post-Soviet space; time has a huge impact on the development of States that emerged on the territory. Harsh period in recent history, which began in the late 80s, and formally taking a count since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Law enforcement agencies were not ready to fight with fast-growing crime. Corruption, like rust, easily eaten all government agencies.
Mobsters quickly realized that control of power in the state brings in profits, comparable to the primitive criminal offences. Their coming to power has shaped the future of these States for decades. Their logic — milking, not to develop. Ukraine is a vivid example of such a diagnosis.
Then I the young photographer — lucky: I witnessed attempts of struggle of police with the emerging organized criminal clans. Each photo has its own story, worthy of attention, sometimes funny, but mostly tragic,” wrote Efrem Lukatsky on his page in Facebook.
