Portrait, 2019-present

Human Traces, 2020-2026

It's a series of encounters with anatomy in the space, other subjects, surfaces, light, and colors. Most of these photos were taken with a mobile phone in a daily environment, by chance or when noticing something interesting. None of these photos was planned.

I AM, 2022

This photo-project was means as an act of self-recalibration after a migration connected after COVID and war in Ukraine. The new haircut, bunch of field flowers, nude body, and misfocused freedom were the acts of the rebellion that finally could happen and be acknowledged.

Macro Cosmic Series, 2020-2022

The Macro Cosmic Series was meant to help me support my creativity and skill in seeing the beauty in details and small things during the COVID lockdown and home isolation. Most of these photos are not retouched, so you look at the daily objects in their full color - food, cutlery, plants, water, etc.

Milan Urban Jungle for Circolo Fotografico Milanese, 2021

The Milan Urban Jungle and Milan in Colors street series were made for the exhibition Milano Bene Comune, which was canceled due to the COVID lockdown. I made this series as a participant of Circolo Fotografico Milanese.

Milan in Colors for Circolo Fotografico Milanese, 2021

Quarantine Self-Portrait Series: Letter YES, 2022

The Quarantine Self-Portrait Series served as an act of self-expression, both human and artistic, while I was alone at home during COVID. Most of the time, series were made to celebrate something or to evoke a sense of joy, which could be documented and observed (through the lens, since nobody was really there to witness it in person). This series was made when I received the letter confirming my residence approval in Italy, and I had no one around to share the news in person. So, I dressed like I was going out to celebrate and made some movements that felt like celebrating to me, yet my face was telling the emotional truth of loneliness.

Quarantine Self-Portrait Series: 17th April Party, 2021

This series celebrated my new haircut, made with kitchen scissors since nobody could really cut my hair during lockdown. I'm celebrating a "social, girly" win, letting the lens actually SEE my change. 

Quarantine Self-Portrait Series: 15th March Party, 2021

This series was made in a state of despair, anger, and release after I learned I couldn't leave my house anymore. At the same time, I also got the skin rash called Rosacea (it's seen in the photos in my belly area), which made me extremely uncomfortable and itchy for weeks. I couldn't go out, dance it out, or put on makeup, so I rebelled and did it all at home. The rash was unbearable with the sweat while I was dancing, but I needed to document my state because it felt like a unique form of human and artistic expression and a way to control what was happening.

Quarantine Self-Portrait Series: 4th April Party? 2021

It's the first Quarantine self-portrait series I decided to make. I was going through the denial process that none of my beautiful clothes are going to be worn (and I was in the city of fashion and beauty, Milan). It was supposed to be a 'going out' mood, but I couldn't contain the pain of what I was going through. Having no artistic outlet after being selected for two photography exhibitions in Milan felt desperate. 

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Quarantine In The Attic, 2020

Quarantine In The Attic is my first attempt at a photo story. Most of the time, I dealt with one-take photos, which meant 1 photo = 1 person/story/object. This time, I had to tell the whole story with images, and the most obvious to me was to show how I was living in isolation in the attic, without a balcony, people, or basic safety.

Badarte - Social Photo Project, 2019-2020

Badarte, as a project title, is derived from the Italian 'badante', meaning "caregiver." My goal was to find Ukrainian women who had come to Milan, Italy, to work as caregivers and to help them feel like women and beautiful again after years of exhausting work. I also wanted to ruin the image of Badante, who is a bad-looking and beaten by life woman, an invisible human, a walking stereotype.