Photo series

The absence of

Tatiana Bulanova

This photo series explores the quiet, unseen gaps in everyday life without attempting to fill or resolve them. It shifts focus to what lingers in the "shadows" and remains concealed, not to reveal secrets, but to acknowledge their presence as an inherent part of life.

Expanding on the urban realities previously examined in "REFLECTIONS", these images invite a moment of silent contemplation. Captured through high-contrast, analog black and white photography, they cut through pervasive, textural darkness, defining structures while leaving substantial elements of reality absent.

Photos are available in variable sizes. If you're interested, please send me the number(s) of the photo(s) you like to have as prints, and I will get in touch with you.

Artist's statement

My work is usually created around a theme that I feel is capable of turning common beliefs and conformities upside down. My current medium is photography. Depending on the subject, I use a vintage analogue camera, a digital one or a simple smartphone lens. Other applications and mixed media materials help me to convey a sense of 'otherworldliness' to the subject or to highlight an unusual side of everyday things and situations.

I believe it's extremely important to keep your eyes and your mind wide open, to see the world more complicated than it seems at first glance. By creating these new layers in my pictures, I'm trying to lift the veil of reality and have a good laugh at its underlining. The main goal is juxtaposing the conventional beliefs with the essence of things.

Tatiana Bulanova

Born in Saratov, USSR (Russia) in 1987, is a Berlin-based photographer and visual artist. MA in Russian Literature, worked as an editor on various book projects. Her interest in photography grew as she was a student, but it wasn't until she moved to Germany in 2016 when she dedicated her photo and mix media works to commemorating the quirky side of the metropolis, addressing such topics as immigration, self-reinvention and questioning the common beliefs.

Photocredits:Tatiana Bulanova

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