Under the Old Sky

2025–2026

We are all children of the old sky. Beneath it everything is joined: past and present, song and the heat of love, the human heart and the boundlessness of the mountains. This project is about the memory of body, soul and spirit — about how we unconsciously repeat the gestures of our ancestors: touching each other the same way, looking at the sky the same way, seeking strength in our origins and eternity in love.

In black-and-white light, antiquity and the present meet — wood, soul and people: in glances, in embroidered ornament, in the memories of ancient churches whose walls still hold the whisper of prayers and the echo of bells. They meet to remind us: time passes, but love and memory remain; time does not destroy — it merely changes its clothes.

Under the Old Sky is about the roots that hold us beneath one sky. Project producer — Iryna Yantso.

Photographs of the series

Under the Old Sky — photo 01, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 02, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 03, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 04, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 05, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 06, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 07, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 08, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 09, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 10, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 11, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 12, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 13, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 14, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 15, photographer Michael Dorohovich

Under the Old Sky — photo 16, photographer Michael Dorohovich