Photo Essay —

pulped in time

DYUTIMAN MUKHOPADHYAY PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Adapted from the ‘Grieving Mother — The Square of Sorrow’: memorial complex on the Mamayev Hill in Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943).

The dead at Buchenwald on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, piled high outside the camp's incinerator plant (1945).

Death carrying corpses after heavy shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine (2022).

Sister shields little brother from the rubble during the 3-day wait for help after the earthquake in Northern Syria (2023).

‘pulp’ (verb).

crush into a soft, wet, shapeless mass.

— Oxford Languages (https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/).

Sculpture with pulped adhesive tape peeled from paper canvas stuck on the wall.

March 18, 2023; Bengaluru, India;

Photographed in Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro.

Artwork and Photography: Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay.