Tanja Duraković is a self-taught photographer based in Croatia, whose work revolves around solitude, introspection, and the emotional traces left in stillness. Often using herself as a subject, she creates quiet, atmospheric images that blur the lines between presence and disappearance.
Her approach to photography is intuitive, shaped more by feeling than by formal structure. Working mostly in self-portraiture and landscape, she seeks moments where the visible world mirrors inner states—uncertainty, longing, or the sense of being out of place.
Statement
I began photographing myself when I couldn’t find words for what I felt. Photography became a way to make absence visible — from others, from the world, sometimes from myself.
Through self-portraits, symbolic gestures and quiet landscapes, I explore the fragile tension between presence and disappearance.
The body and the natural world in my work are not separate — they echo each other, reflect internal states, or dissolve into stillness.
I’m not looking for resolution or perfection, only for something honest — even when it’s fragmented, quiet, or uncertain.
Awarded Photographer of the Week - Week 19
