Contemporary Self Portrait by Monika Chabicovsky

What defines us — the seen, or the unseen?

Monika Chabicovsky’s work traces the fragile boundaries between what is visible and what remains concealed. Through her lens, identity becomes a shifting terrain — layered, fluid, and deeply human. In The Two Sides of the Truth, she invites viewers to look beyond appearances, to encounter the hidden contradictions and quiet truths that shape the self. Her images breathe between intimacy and universality, suggesting that identity is never singular, but a constellation of memory, vulnerability, and resilience.

 

When intimacy becomes both witness and creation.

In Her Fragile Life, Chabicovsky turns the camera toward her sister, who has lived with anorexia for nearly forty years. What began as an act of protection has now become a shared gesture of expression — two sisters weaving fragility into strength. The series unfolds as a dialogue between pain and tenderness, offering space for empathy and the difficult beauty of endurance.

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To look inside is to see both science and soul.

Her latest project, Cellular Reality, delves into the unseen landscapes of the body — where biology and being converge. Cellular structures become metaphors for survival; microscopic forms reveal their quiet elegance. Here, Chabicovsky’s images transform illness into a visual language of resilience, illuminating the poetic symmetry between what breaks and what heals.