This is a story I’ve been living with for 11 years—a quarter of my life.
Through self-portraits, I explore and express the emotions and inner states I’ve experienced since losing my home in 2014 due to the war in Ukraine. It was the house where my children were born—my shelter, my bunker. But in 2014, it was uprooted, burned, and erased from the map of the Donetsk city, Eastern Ukraine, leaving a deep void in my life.
I moved several times within Ukraine, but in 2022, after the full-scale invasion began, I was forced to leave my country and relocate to Valencia, Spain.
I try to stay strong. Sometimes I even try to say a final goodbye and let it go. But in my memory remain the dates that split my life into “before” and “after.” In memory remain the unanswered questions and the street names of my hometown, where I left a part of myself—once and forever.
Ruined dreams...
Erased memories...
Broken lives...
WHERE IS MY HOME NOW?
DONETSK-KYIV-VALENCIA
BROKEN
DATES
ROOTS
WOUND
ADDRESSES
DREAM
CONNECTION
FEELINGS
LET IT GO
QUESTIONS
NO WAY BACK
AWARDS:
Kamira Photo Award 2025, Finalist
Black&White Photography Awards 2025 (category Conceptual/Hybrid), Grand Winner and Jury Special Mention
FOKUS Award 2025, Finalist
Monovision Awards 2025 (Series), Honorable Mention
11th Fine Art Photography Awards 2025 (category Professional/Experimental), Nominee
4th Female Photography Awards 2025, Rome, Finalist
EXHIBITIONS:
Talmart Gallery, Kamira Photo Award, Paris, France, 2025
PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2025, Greece, December 2025
Kiff & Marais Gallery, Black&White Photography Awards 2025, Paris, France, August 2025
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, 4th Female Photography Awards, Rome, Italy, April - May 2025
VDNG, V'yava, Ukraine, Kyiv, May - June 2025
PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES:
Book, EYES ON THE WORLD, by Kamira Institute, Paris, France, 2025
SPECTACULUM magazine, Feature #21/2025
DERGREIF Magazine, What (Dis)Appears Issue, 2025
ArtDoc Photography Magazine, Beyond the Frame Issue, 2025