Yana Raaga is a visual artist and photographer living in Alūksne, a remote town in northeastern Latvia, near the borders with Estonia and Russia.
She photographs in the space between presence and disappearance — in landscapes that shift with the light, in people who remain unseen, in gestures that pass without notice.

Her long-term project “From the Quiet Side” reflects years of walking and observing the same borderland region, capturing the fragile rhythm of nature, emptiness, fog, and light.
In parallel, her street photography during travels across Europe focuses on silent human moments — isolated figures, tensions in public space, and the thin line between being and fading.

Yana’s work is deeply influenced by her background in environmental and interior design, where composition, restraint, and attention define both form and meaning.
She uses minimalism not as a style, but as an ethic — a way of seeing the world with clarity and care.

She believes that to look is not enough — we must learn to notice.