Mystery and Disquieting Stillness Pervade the Surreal, Conceptual Photos by Oleg Oprisco



All pictures © Oleg Oprisco, shared with permission

All through Russia’s conflict, photographer Oleg Oprisco (beforehand) has remained in his native Ukraine creating works that replicate the unjust aggression and its devastating results. Oprisco is understood for his conceptual pictures that contain elaborately constructed props and scenes that seize his distinct sense of surreality. Counting on neutrals and subdued tones fairly than a daring coloration palette, the mysterious, dreamlike pictures are likely to heart on a single determine inside a quiet and unoccupied panorama.

In a single current photograph immediately addressing the conflict, a girl stands within the heart of a abandoned cobblestone avenue, her architectural backpack glowing with gentle. The poignant shot references the thousands and thousands of people that have been compelled to flee their houses in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, and the same picture of a determine sheltering a canine from the rain speaks to the numerous animals now struggling to outlive with out their human companions.

All of Oprisco’s works can be found as prints. For a behind-the-scenes glimpse of his course of and units, take a look at his Instagram.

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