AN exhibition of striking images that offer a rare glimpse into life in a war zone will be displayed in a Bradford Gallery.

Borderland: Stories from Donbas features photographs taken over a six year period by acclaimed photographer Christopher Nunn.

The region is in the far eastern edge of Ukraine, close to the border of Russia and the site of the only active war zone in Europe.

In October the exhibition, Nunn’s first major solo show, will be at Impressions Gallery in City Park.

During his time in the region he was drawn to the small mining settlements where families relax by overgrown riversides, cramped apartment block kitchens, village bars and fading towns now on the doorstep of war at the very edge of Europe.

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His images capture the quiet moments and the overlooked details that are mostly away from the flashpoints of fighting and the spotlight of international news.

"With a constant focus on people’s everyday lives, their personal narratives and subjective struggles, his photographs tell small stories that are part of a bigger picture."

The exhibition opens in Impressions on October 4 and runs until January 4.

Anne McNeill, Director of the gallery and curator of the show said: “Nunn’s photographs are the antidote to traditional

photojournalism, and the Western media’s usual representation of the conflict.

"What began as a personal project on memory and belonging has grown into an extensive body of work about the way people think and act with regards to their country, their collective identity, and their history in a time of flux.”

Mr Nunn said: "Everybody had a story to tell. I heard hundreds of stories, from the tragic to hilarious. The Donbas is, to me, beautiful and brutal; a place of comedy and pain. The conflict existed and the people I photographed existed

too. Many times, I heard the tired line “we do not live here, we just exist”. Most of my photographs are about simply existing’