title: Christian Revelation in the Photographic Arts: Urban Warfare, Light as a Borrowed Metaphor, and Roman Bordun’s The Apartment After the Artillery Bombardment in Ukraine
abstract: Roman Bordun’s twenty-first century photograph The Apartment After the Artillery Bombardment. Heat resistant Ceramic Vase. Irpin [Ukraine]. June 2022 uses light to express the Christian paradox of suffering that leads to redemption and eternal life for the just. In order to imbue spiritual meaning into a photographic work, Bordun draws from Renaissance artists in his use of technique (chiaroscuro), topic (warfare), and geography (the city) that all reference Christ’s Resurrection. Comparing and 
journal: Religions