Diary of a volunteer. How do you live when tomorrow isn't guaranteed? Mark Neville. The award-winning photographer offers an intimate portrait of life under siege in Ukraine. Exhibition Tour Starts 10 September 2026.

Presented in collaboration with The Wende Museum, Los Angeles and Postcode Ukraine, Diary of a Volunteer is both a new exhibition and a fundraising project. It brings together photographs by British artist and Postcode Ukraine co-founder Mark Neville, documenting the lives of people across Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Living in Kyiv since 2020 and working across frontline regions since 2022, Neville has photographed the volunteers, families, children, workers and communities whose lives havebeen transformed by war.

Moving beyond images of conflict and devastation, the exhibition focuses on everyday acts of resilience, care and solidarity - revealing a more personal and nuanced story of contemporary Ukraine.

All proceeds support Postcode Ukraine, the Kyiv-based charity Neville co-founded. Since 2022 it has funded more than $500,000 in local aid, including food, water, generators, and emergency assistance.



"The Ukrainian people are resilient, but resilience alone cannot sustain a country at war. Continued international support and allyship with the Ukrainian people remains essential. This exhibition aims not only to ensure these stories are seen around the world, but also to help provide vital aid to communities on the ground."

Mark Neville

Our guest curators

As part of the exhibition, guest curators each chose one photograph and wrote about why it matters now: Kateryna Babkina, Sir Stephen Fry, Beth Greenacre, Justin Jampol, Max Klymenko, Andrey Kurkov, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Alyssa Milano, Kathy Nalywajko, Lara Salmon, Sharon Stone, and Prince Harry.

Kateryna Babkina

Award - winning Ukrainian author and poet

Sir Stephen Fry

Award-winning actor and author

Beth Greenacre

Curator, Arts Advisor and former art curator to David Bowie

Max Klymenko

Ukrainian internet personality and educator

Andrey Kurkov

Award-winning Ukrainian author of Death of A Penguin!

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights lawyer and leader of the Center for Civil Liberties

Alyssa Milano

Actress and activist winner of the Voice of Justice Award from the Survivor Justice Center

Kathy Nalywajko

President of the Ukrainian Institute of America

Lara Salmon

Artist and activist

Sharon Stone

Award-winning actress

Prince Harry

Duke of Sussex and founder of the Invictus Games

Art supporting aid relief for Ukrainians

Diary of a Volunteer is both an exhibition and a fundraising project.

Postcode Ukraine is a Kyiv-based charity founded in 2022 to support grassroots humanitarian organisations and volunteer groups working directly with communities affected by the war

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Since 2022, Postcode Ukraine has directly funded more than $500,000 of humanitarian aid projects across Ukraine

Through photography, film and humanitarian action, Postcode Ukraine works to ensure that the experiences of ordinary Ukrainians are seen, remembered and supported.

About Mark Neville

Mark Neville is a British artist working across photography, activism and documentary practice. His projects explore the social role of photography and are often developed in close collaboration with the communities he photographs. He has lived and worked in Kyiv since 2020, where he co-founded Postcode Ukraine.
Alongside the exhibition, Diary of a Volunteer is a photobook documenting Ukrainian communities during the full-scale invasion. It brings together more than 100 photographs made between 2022 and 2024, alongside accounts of grassroots humanitarian work. Read more about the Diary of a Volunteer photobook project.

Visit the exhibition


Westwood Contemporary
1101 Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024

11 - 30 September 2026

Opening times
Wednesday and Thursday, 4 to 8 p.m.
Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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01001, Ukraine, Kyiv
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All photographs copyright the artist Mark Neville