Validity Period is an artistic photo project focusing on the issues of overproduction and the disposable society (21 photos). The co-author is a Ukrainian photographer Roman Butym.
The project was implemented in 2021 in Kraków. For three months, we visited local waste collection points. Found objects were used to build installations that convey the atmosphere of domestic life.
The shooting process often turned into a performance. Random passersby stopped, approached to talk, took photos, and laughed. Sometimes, they even threatened to call the police. However, most of the time, they pretended not to notice anything.
The project was implemented in 2021 in Kraków. For three months, we visited local waste collection points. Found objects were used to build installations that convey the atmosphere of domestic life.
The shooting process often turned into a performance. Random passersby stopped, approached to talk, took photos, and laughed. Sometimes, they even threatened to call the police. However, most of the time, they pretended not to notice anything.
participant at the Auckland Festival of Photography (New Zealand, 2025)
participant at the International Image Festival Getxophoto (Spain, 2025)
semifinalist at Futurespective by PhotoVogue Ukraine (2025)
exhibition at DOM Gallery in Riga (Latvia, 2024)
nominated for The Fine Art Photography Awards, 2021
published in Kwartalnik Fotografia magazine №48/2025 (Poland)
published on the Culture.pl platform (Poland, 2024)
published in The Eye of Photography magazine (France, 2023)
published in Echo Gone Wrong magazine (Lithuania, 2024)
featured on the Instagram account of World Press Photo (2023)
participant at the International Image Festival Getxophoto (Spain, 2025)
semifinalist at Futurespective by PhotoVogue Ukraine (2025)
exhibition at DOM Gallery in Riga (Latvia, 2024)
nominated for The Fine Art Photography Awards, 2021
published in Kwartalnik Fotografia magazine №48/2025 (Poland)
published on the Culture.pl platform (Poland, 2024)
published in The Eye of Photography magazine (France, 2023)
published in Echo Gone Wrong magazine (Lithuania, 2024)
featured on the Instagram account of World Press Photo (2023)
Roman Butym is a Ukrainian photographer specializing in artistic and reportage photography. His works have been published on the Instagram accounts of World Press Photo and Griffin Museum of Photography, on the Photo Vogue Italia platform, in The Eye of Photography magazine, and others.
