The Stages of a Heartbreak

Exploring the emotional journey of love and loss.

There are moments when the heart does not break all at once, but in layers. This series traces that intimate yet universal journey: the mourning of love. From the first spark of infatuation to the slow recovery after a breakup, each image becomes a step—downward and upward—in the process of letting go. The Stages of a Heartbreak visually explores the emotional states of a body that has loved and been wounded. The blindness of infatuation, the inner collapse, the unstoppable tear, the creeping obsession, the resignation… and finally, acceptance as the possibility of rebirth. The female body, rendered in a dark and monochrome key, becomes a symbol of both vulnerability and resilience. The use of symbolic elements—flowers covering the eyes, a heart transformed into a galaxy, arrows piercing the back—not only evokes pain, but also the aesthetics of grief and its inherent tragic beauty. This series does not aim to tell a linear story, but rather to distill into images what words rarely capture: the invisible weight of loss, and the way we rebuild ourselves from it.

The Stages of a Heartbreak Series Cover