Without air

It’s hard to describe your emotions when your country is at war. The world that you previously nurtured and built is crumbling like a sandcastle. The “Without air” series was born from my own experience. It consists of a self-portrait and an image of fruits and flowers in vacuum packaging. Vacuuming extends the shelf life. By leaving Ukraine, my home, I saved myself and my children, but I deprived myself of the opportunity to feel and breathe freely. I felt like I’m in a vacuum. Destruction, human losses, separation from dear people deprived me of the organicity of being.