The hole sees

This series was photographed in Ukraine, amidst the ongoing war.

When war comes, the world is torn open. The land, the walls, the ceilings—everything becomes perforated by violence. Missiles don’t just destroy—they fragment. Thousands of sharp metal shards scatter and pierce homes, even when they aren't directly hit. In one small village, over 1,200 roofs had to be repaired. Holes remain everywhere. Through these wounds, the rain and wind enter freely.

But the hole sees.

I began to photograph through these ruptures—literal voids torn by destruction—using them as lenses to witness the persistence of everyday life: a man selling onions at the market, a kitchen with pots and memories, a scarred building still standing. These scenes are not about spectacle. They areabout endurance. Each hole is a wound.

But it is also a witness. It watches life continue, quietly, stubbornly.

Through destruction, it frames resilience.
In war, everything breaks. But even so—
it is the everyday that fights the war.

Mumuko

Mumuko, born in China, is a visual artist who has traveled to over 80 countries with a single suitcase. Working across photography, film, and installation, she captures the emotions that drift between reality and dream, memory and the body. Her work has been exhibited at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and Paris Photo, and published in the photobook DREAMLESS. Translating the pains of our time—war, solitude, and nature—into poetic form, she also works across fields such as advertising and film. Guided by the paradox “Nothing = Everything,” she drifts along the boundary between beauty and suffering, life and death.

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