In Tokyo, where she found unexpected success as a fashion photographer, to West Berlin, where she moved in the mid-1980s with few resources or contacts, Jarcovjáková continued using photography as a medium to explore feelings of loneliness, alienation, and culture shocks – themes that permeate her entire work – but also seek out unexpected instances of camaraderie and sexual intimacy, islands of companionship, love and, ultimately, of personal freedom.