Lost

The series focuses on the figure of a woman within the context of war — not as a heroic image, but as its most vulnerable and exposed subject. Executed entirely in a black-and-white palette, the works employ a restrained chromatic range that functions as a filter of grief and mourning, stripping the images of narrative certainty and emotional comfort. Through painterly intervention, Bratkov partially obscures and transforms the photographic surface, disrupting visibility and coherence. Rather than illustrating specific events, Lost addresses the psychological aftermath of conflict, where fragility, silence, and loss become the dominant conditions of lived experience.

11 works C-print, acrylic on synthetic canvas (~220 × 160 cm)