Lonely are all the Bridges

The project captures a country amidst conflict, offering a nuanced perspective amidst partisan images. Through quiet compositions it navigates the complexities of war and memory, evoking Tarkovsky's aesthetic to reflect on the enduring impact of violence.

The work was photographed between 2010 and 2024 in Ukraine, which in recent history and the present has been marked by border shifts and associated wars like no other country in Europe. Ukraine lies in an area that is interwoven with "phantom borders", "former, mostly political borders or territorial divisions that, after being institutionally abolished, continue to structure the space". Today, these are politically instrumentalised by the Russian side as a narrative of a slumbering Russian identity to legitimise the brutal war, which pursues military and power-strategic goals. The changes in the Central and Eastern European states are one of the keys to understand the current historical situation and will influence the future for a long time to come.