Exploring the stark contrast between resilience and devastation, Maryam Ashrafi’s imagery captures moments of human endurance set against the backdrop of war-torn environments. The photographs present subjects rising amid ruins and dancing amid bullets, emphasizing a dynamic interplay between destruction and life.

Maryam Ashrafi Rising among ruins, Dancing amid bullets compiles 304 pages of evocative visuals that confront the viewer with the physical and emotional landscapes shaped by conflict. The work’s mood is at once somber and defiant, revealing persistence through fragmented urban spaces and everyday gestures.