Alexandra Hangan Sets 41-50 -

By the time she reached her 40th set, she had already established a signature look: muted color palettes, the interplay of shadow and natural light, and a preference for intimate, indoor settings. However, it was with the release of that audiences began to notice a shift.

Spirituality in concrete. Hangan traveled to the brutalist church complexes built during the Ceaușescu era. She photographed midnight masses using only candlelight. The contrast between the severe, grey concrete architecture and the soft, golden flicker of Orthodox icons is breathtaking. alexandra hangan sets 41-50

What leaves the body at death. The magnum opus of the collection. To create Set 50, Hangan partnered with a hospice in Brașov. She photographed the empty beds of patients who had passed away within the hour, but using a cyanotype process on handmade paper. The images are not portraits of the dead, but portraits of the absence left behind. By the time she reached her 40th set,