The Weapons of Maidan

Now in its fourth month of occupation, Maidan Square and its adjacent streets of Grushevskogo and Khreschatyk have become home to protestors, revolutionaries and soldiers from all over Ukraine.

Now in its fourth month of occupation, Maidan Square and its adjacent streets of Grushevskogo and Khreschatyk have become home to protestors, revolutionaries and soldiers from all over Ukraine. The occupation is largely DIY in nature, from barricades made from tyres and sand bags filled with snow, to the motley assortment of foreign and soviet era body armour worn by those opposing the current government.

Most striking and inventive of all are the weapons of the protestors, fashioned from wood, steel or plastic, each is completely unique to it’s owner and often personalised with inscriptions or revolutionary imagery.

This series catalogues the home-made weapons of the revolutionaries which stand in stark comparison to the modern, automatic weapons employed against them by government forces.