Portraits of a Dark Era

On 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military seized power and detained the elected government. After that, people across the country peacefully protested against the coup. The military junta violently cracked down on these protests. Many people who experienced these events left their normal lives and jobs and directly joined the armed resistance. After that, fighting became more intense across the country between resistance groups and the military junta. The impact of the war was not only felt by people involved in the armed resistance, but also affected the daily lives of civilians. Just as people come from different backgrounds, their lives have also changed in different ways during the war. *Portraits of a Dark Era* is a series that documents how people’s lives have changed during the war through their portraits. Before 2021, I worked as a Software Tester. Since the war began, I have travelled to areas affected by the conflict and started taking news and documentary photographs. During this time, my career also changed. I approached this story from my own situation and photographed portraits of people I met in different areas where I travelled during the war, documenting them as the "Portraits of a Dark Era" series. Ongoing-project