The master thesis entitled “Isolation and exposure” is a photographic installation comprising 4 triptychs. The photographs represent an exploration of three Slavonian villages faced with gradual extinction. Through this work, I question my relationship with my place of birth and the local nature surrounding it, then the position of rural areas in the digital age as well as the effects of isolation and solitude on its inhabitants. The first triptych sets out a personal experience of the vast fields as endless wastelands that I associate with the depictions of the Wild West from American westerns. The wasteland is seemingly endless fields slowly swallowing up the abandoned villages that once depended on them. The second triptych titled The Road represents the possibility of escape and return. The road is a clear indicator for the relevance of a settlement with the amount of traffic passing through. In this case transition is seemingly a rare occurrence. Bus stops with the abolition of regular lines gradually lose their meaning as starting or end destinations and become insignificant objects along the road. The third triptych titled The Village depicts the settlements themselves through abandoned objects left for nature to take over while the fourth triptych titled People depicts residents whose faces and views are facing away from the lens itself alluding to separation from the photographer and the audience itself. This paper work provides insight into my view of loneliness, isolation, exposure to nature, and environmental influences. Numerous artists who acted from the point of trauma and isolation, or through their work have exposed the most intimate experiences and visions, have created some of the most influential works throughout art history.The universality of human experience can become a medium for empathy and overcoming the fragmentation of contemporary society through art.