A little after Corona’s breakout, the quarantine began. Due to Corona, every university and faculty was closed and mine was not an exception. Meanwhile, I needed portrait references for a project so I started to paint self-portraits and then my family members which I got tired of very soon. Then I found the ultimate source of pictures and selfies and unlimited references; Instagram. In this collection you’ll see portraits of people who are trying to cope with this new and terrifying world. To observe these people in this brand new and cruel situation, their desperation to keep in touch with each other through social media (specifically Instagram) is so fascinating, painful and familiar to me.