No, this is not the point, you're projecting my statement. Delaying enlarged exposure is not cancelling somebody or blacklisting, do not twist what I said. I am saying they could've waited, because she has the ability to do so until it would be more appropriate - she had a lot of work as it is, it simply could've happened later. But it does appear strange to see an influx of Russian photographers in international fashion community, while not even just Ukrainian, but overall all Eastern European nations get overlooked.
The photographers that used to shoot for Vogue Ukraine - they get next to zero exposure, and they would benefit from any opportunity given. I am sure any Eastern European knows how it feels, it just especially sensitive to some currently.
Not living in Russia is a strange reason - numerous people do and try to oppose, but they are just not famous, does it make them less worthy than Elizaveta Porodina or whoever else?
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but I'm certainly not intentionally twisting what you said. If you are merely advocating for Ukrainian photographers to be used more by the fashion/print establishment, that makes total sense to me. But it sounds like you are saying you don't want to see Porodina getting exposure currently
because she is Russian. And the only way that would make sense to me is if she were siding with Russia or somehow complicit in what's happening, which she is not. Porodina is a Russian Jew and was herself a refugee when she was a child, fleeing Russia at age 12. That's why I mentioned her not actually living in Russia, lessening any connection one could make between her and what is going on. If you are suggesting someone should not be employed, not because anything they did but because of their national origin, well.... we all have our perspectives. But some would call that unfair, blacklisting, canceling, etc.
Here's a quote from an interview she recently gave to VI:
"No cultural or historical roots, no memories or nostalgic inspiration matter more than the value of life and human dignity: my experience as a Russian Jew, a political refugee fleeing dictatorship since I was a teenager has equally informed - and irreversibly I would add - my worldview. I therefore think it is necessary to take a position regarding what is happening in Ukraine: it is a cynical, relentless, brutal war, and I am angry, disgusted, shocked and saddened by all the lies, propaganda and atrocities committed by Russia - especially by the government. - towards the state and the Ukrainian population. We are witnessing not only a new Russian fascism and a genocide committed against the Ukrainian population (if you are not aware, inquire now by looking for "genocide in Bucha") but a constant attempt to cover it all up with falsehoods and lies.
One of the worst mistakes - crimes - one can commit as citizens and as human beings is to remain indifferent, in silence, to ignore the suffering of Ukraine. We have a moral duty to inform ourselves: thinking that it does not concern us or that a single voice cannot make a difference is out of the question. Russian fascism and war crimes committed against Ukrainians without consequences will affect us all. We must inform ourselves thoroughly, read, take a stand, try in every way to counter these atrocities: each of us can put pressure on our government, help the Ukrainian army, donate to associations that support the pacifist effort."
VI has set the bar *SO* low that literally everything that would be considered barely passable at Franca's rule (if so much!), today looks like a effing masterpiece.
