Yaroslav Koval

Yaroslav Koval (; 16 December 1908 – 24 June 1997) was a Ukrainian photographer, member of the and the editorial board of the Svitlo i Tin magazine. He was also a poet, local historian, and co-founder of the .

Biography Yaroslav Koval was born in Tsineva to a wealthy family. His interest in photography began after World War I, when his brother traded a carbine for a Zeiss "Ideal-222" camera.

Later Life and Legacy Koval returned to Tsineva in 1955 but was denied a residence permit in Lviv for many years. He worked as a collective farm photographer until he finally moved to Lviv in 1971. After Ukraine's independence in 1991, he helped revive the Svitlo i Tin almanac and published the book Hospodar Perehinskoi Pushchi (1996), dedicated to Metropolitan Sheptytsky.

Koval died on 24 June 1997 and was buried in Tsineva. His grave is marked by a unique tombstone in the shape of a camera.