Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

Shevchenko, a 19th century Ukrainian artist, ethnographer, serf, peasant, poet and imprisoned political figure who is widely revered today. Drake invited the residents to paint on the artwork made by Shevchenko and his male contemporaries, re-imaging the published pages of history. In doing so they became artists, creators, ethnographers, and designers themselves. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

th mental disabilities. Once a month they're permitted to leave the premises. They go shopping, eat pizza, and bowl. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos

her was told she would never be able to walk so her parents left her at the home and later got divorced and moved to far off Kyiv. There is a bone missing in her legs, but she learned to walk with the help of the people at the home when she was at seven. She had a dream of meeting her mother one day but that dream was shattered when her mother refused to see her. She then stopped hoping for anything. Her mother is a psychologist and her father is a journalist. Her father, who she visited this year, wanted her to go to university but her medical report says she's mentally disabled so she can't go. To get out of the home, she would have to prove she's mentally normal, a process that takes five years. © Carolyn Drake | Magnum Photos