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What Remains in the Dark

Explores the moment when identity dissolves into emotion. The body becomes anonymous, almost ghostlike — suspended somewhere between memory, femininity, fear, and desire. Unstable, blurred, impossible to fully hold onto. In darkness, the silhouette stops being a person and becomes a feeling.

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Black & White Photo Contest

2026

Nominee

Fine Art

Professional

What Remains in the Dark

Explores the moment when identity dissolves into emotion. The body becomes anonymous, almost ghostlike — suspended somewhere between memory, femininity, fear, and desire. Unstable, blurred, impossible to fully hold onto. In darkness, the silhouette stops being a person and becomes a feeling.

About Artist

Marharyta Kuliieva

I photograph people like unresolved cinema scenes — beautiful, tense, a little dangerous to remember. Kyiv-based portrait photographer.

Marharyta Kuliieva

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, People, Photojournalism, Portrait

Location

Ukraine

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