Between 2022 and 2024, Maryna invited people from Ukraine who had left their homes to her studio in Bratislava for conversations and portraits. The neutral, quiet setting removed the daily context so the focus could rest entirely on the person. This deliberate detachment moved the work beyond straightforward reportage toward a more personal, introspective narrative.
The book brings together over one hundred portraits and forty personal stories. It is a visual diary and a time capsule: lives broken into pieces, memories held still in time and space. Close-up portraits are interwoven with photographs of peaceful everyday scenes, reflecting how heavy, disturbing updates reshaped the way the artist saw the world around her.
The publication is a tactile object, self-published and artist-led, developed with Dutch designer Sybren Kuiper (-SYB-), with careful attention to the interaction between images and text.
Self-Published
Hardcover
340 pages
240 x 320 mm
ISBN 9788057067481
