“Ravages of War” is an installation made using photographic archives, objects, and charged space to shift documentary images into a philosophical inquiry about war, faith, and visibility. A photobook of soldiers praying with guns and refugees is placed on a suspended, charred wooden plank—a “damaged altar” that points to ruined lives and the fragility of images—forcing viewers, through bodily movement, to confront the ethics of consuming war imagery and the political use of sacred symbols.

A semicircular bed of earth and charcoal suggests both a failed shelter and a collective grave, its burned residue signaling irreversible loss. When a viewer flips the book, their silhouette and the charred projection briefly form a cross, turning the spectator into a body inside a symbol; the piece thus denies sentimental distance and tests the ethical burden of how we see others.