Story of Igor Pedin’s escape from Mariupol is one of about a dozen in an exhibition entitled What Would You Take?
The secret to Igor Pedin’s survival had been his invisibility, the 61-year-old had said.
, before stealing out into the badlands of Russian-occupied territories towards the relative safety in the city of Zaporizhzhia. Since speaking to the Guardian in May, film and book deal offers have flowed in, he is recognised on the street at his parents’ home in Kyiv and now his portrait and experiences will feature in a central London exhibition entitled What Would You Take?to be highlighted at the 12 Star Gallery in Europe House, the Westminster home to the EU delegation to the UK, in a show curated by the award-winning author and historian Frances Stonor Saunders in collaboration with the Estonian photographer Kaupo...
Stonor Saunders and Kikkas travelled to Kyiv to meet Pedin last week as part of their research, speaking to him at length about his experiences of walking towards the oncoming convoys of tanks, armoured vehicles and battle-bloodied soldiers racing towards the hellscape of Mariupol, which was then at the centre of the fighting in Ukraine.
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