The photo story below is a story about the very important role of a documentary photographer in the life of a politician. It's a story about the tandem between two people who almost never spoke. It's a story about the power of photography. Scrolling below, you'll see the "President" — the one I've seen, but others haven't. You'll see a strong-willed, kind, very popular, and mega-active politician. But if you take a deeper interest by reading about him on the internet, you will overwhelmingly find negativity — a mixed reputation among voters, media, and even politicians.

I wrote this story for seven years, in pictures that don't need descriptions, although I can tell you a lot about each moment. He didn't become the President of Ukraine, but he became one in my photos. It sounds strange, but it's not my imagination alone, since these photographs were published by the world's leading media in articles next to the presidents of world powers, while this man was much lower in status — he was a member of parliament. That is the power of photography: to show it in such a way, to present it in such a way that you don't just achieve your goals, but exceed them. You might think I created him, made him up, that he was a figment of my imagination. No, it's not so. These pictures are true documentary work, many years in length. But to document a person's goodness, charm, strength, will, and other best aspects, you must, first of all, truly see them in him, because you can't photograph what you don't see.

I beheld him as no one else!