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My Concerned Photographer photo series is based around rape culture. I think these photos capture the experience of a rape or sexual assault survivor.
Rape Culture creates an environment in which rape and sexual violence against women have been normalized and/or excused by the media/popular culture. Rape Culture develops a society that disregards women’s rights and safety through the use of misogynistic language and objectification of women’s bodies (Marshall University). Despite this definition, rape culture is not limited to the victim blaming or slut shaming that many women face. Rape culture is also the assumption that men can’t get raped.
Each of the photos I took for this assignment tell the story of my experience as a rape and sexual assault survivor. I tried to tell the story from the night it all started, through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, to the struggles with addiction, depression, and anxiety. PTSD can manifest in many different ways, in my case it took form as a sense of paranoia or heightened anxiety. I used double exposures to show the dissociation people who suffer from PTSD often feel. For me, dissociation usually feels like looking at myself from outside my body or things are moving too fast or too slow; I tried to convey that disconnect with double exposures because I feel like those could go either way in terms of expressing fast or slow movement and since they’re self portraits, they are literally a way to view myself from outside my physical body.
Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (RAINN). According to these statistics, drug abuse or addiction is one of the larger risks sexual assault survivors face so I chose to focus on that rather than alcohol abuse or suicidal ideations.
1 in 6 American women will be the victim of rape or sexual assault at some point during her life. I chose to represent this with 6 apples. In my mind, apples represent a sense of innocence because they bring to mind elementary school, where you might bring an apple to your teacher, or Snow White eagerly biting into the poison apple the evil queen offered to her. So if we view people as apples, it’s safe to say that most little girls don’t grow up thinking “There is a 16% chance I will be sexually assaulted someday.” However, there is a 1 in 6 chance and I want to make sure that information is out there so it can inspire people to work towards change.
The final photo in this Concerned Photography series is a self portrait. The background is made up of words that I, and many other rape and sexual assault victims, have heard far too many times. I chose to use these negative words and phrases as a background to symbolize leaving them in the past and moving forward into a society where people think before they speak and don’t tear each other down for their appearance, situation, or experiences.
This photo uses shallow depth of field, high contrast, and black and white to get the viewers attention and to make them focus on what is in the very front of the image.
On May 5 2014, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings hosted Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania for an address on Georgia’s vision for Euro-Atlantic integration during a period of increased insecurity in the region.
©Paul Morigi Photography
My Concerned Photographer photo series is based around rape culture. I think these photos capture the experience of a rape or sexual assault survivor.
Rape Culture creates an environment in which rape and sexual violence against women have been normalized and/or excused by the media/popular culture. Rape Culture develops a society that disregards women’s rights and safety through the use of misogynistic language and objectification of women’s bodies (Marshall University). Despite this definition, rape culture is not limited to the victim blaming or slut shaming that many women face. Rape culture is also the assumption that men can’t get raped.
Each of the photos I took for this assignment tell the story of my experience as a rape and sexual assault survivor. I tried to tell the story from the night it all started, through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, to the struggles with addiction, depression, and anxiety. PTSD can manifest in many different ways, in my case it took form as a sense of paranoia or heightened anxiety. I used double exposures to show the dissociation people who suffer from PTSD often feel. For me, dissociation usually feels like looking at myself from outside my body or things are moving too fast or too slow; I tried to convey that disconnect with double exposures because I feel like those could go either way in terms of expressing fast or slow movement and since they’re self portraits, they are literally a way to view myself from outside my physical body.
Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (RAINN). According to these statistics, drug abuse or addiction is one of the larger risks sexual assault survivors face so I chose to focus on that rather than alcohol abuse or suicidal ideations.
1 in 6 American women will be the victim of rape or sexual assault at some point during her life. I chose to represent this with 6 apples. In my mind, apples represent a sense of innocence because they bring to mind elementary school, where you might bring an apple to your teacher, or Snow White eagerly biting into the poison apple the evil queen offered to her. So if we view people as apples, it’s safe to say that most little girls don’t grow up thinking “There is a 16% chance I will be sexually assaulted someday.” However, there is a 1 in 6 chance and I want to make sure that information is out there so it can inspire people to work towards change.
The final photo in this Concerned Photography series is a self portrait. The background is made up of words that I, and many other rape and sexual assault victims, have heard far too many times. I chose to use these negative words and phrases as a background to symbolize leaving them in the past and moving forward into a society where people think before they speak and don’t tear each other down for their appearance, situation, or experiences.
The 2020 EPI agriculture issue category includes the sustainable nitrogen management indicator. All indicators and composite indices in the EPI are normalized as a 0–100 proximity-to-target score, with 100 representing "at target" and 0 being furthest from the target.
Inner Coffin Maatkare (The Royal Cache TT320, Deir el-Bahari)
Egyptian Museum Cairo, CG 61028
Detail of normalized colours
Sometimes using a long lens can highlight certain elements not readily apparent with a more normalized perspective. In this case the 300mm view makes the bend in the tracks, marking the peak of the Elkhorn grade, very obvious.
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Before the audio goes in for multi-tracking, I run it through some basic cleanup in Sound Studio. The usual is trimming, compression, and normalization. Tonight however I need a little more work thanks to the issues with the Hangout audio.
My Concerned Photographer photo series is based around rape culture. I think these photos capture the experience of a rape or sexual assault survivor.
Rape Culture creates an environment in which rape and sexual violence against women have been normalized and/or excused by the media/popular culture. Rape Culture develops a society that disregards women’s rights and safety through the use of misogynistic language and objectification of women’s bodies (Marshall University). Despite this definition, rape culture is not limited to the victim blaming or slut shaming that many women face. Rape culture is also the assumption that men can’t get raped.
Each of the photos I took for this assignment tell the story of my experience as a rape and sexual assault survivor. I tried to tell the story from the night it all started, through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, to the struggles with addiction, depression, and anxiety. PTSD can manifest in many different ways, in my case it took form as a sense of paranoia or heightened anxiety. I used double exposures to show the dissociation people who suffer from PTSD often feel. For me, dissociation usually feels like looking at myself from outside my body or things are moving too fast or too slow; I tried to convey that disconnect with double exposures because I feel like those could go either way in terms of expressing fast or slow movement and since they’re self portraits, they are literally a way to view myself from outside my physical body.
Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (RAINN). According to these statistics, drug abuse or addiction is one of the larger risks sexual assault survivors face so I chose to focus on that rather than alcohol abuse or suicidal ideations.
1 in 6 American women will be the victim of rape or sexual assault at some point during her life. I chose to represent this with 6 apples. In my mind, apples represent a sense of innocence because they bring to mind elementary school, where you might bring an apple to your teacher, or Snow White eagerly biting into the poison apple the evil queen offered to her. So if we view people as apples, it’s safe to say that most little girls don’t grow up thinking “There is a 16% chance I will be sexually assaulted someday.” However, there is a 1 in 6 chance and I want to make sure that information is out there so it can inspire people to work towards change.
The final photo in this Concerned Photography series is a self portrait. The background is made up of words that I, and many other rape and sexual assault victims, have heard far too many times. I chose to use these negative words and phrases as a background to symbolize leaving them in the past and moving forward into a society where people think before they speak and don’t tear each other down for their appearance, situation, or experiences.
monsterhigh repainted doll by me in a new home already . Scarah screams monster high freaky fusion to a more normalized look a bit polished while using various tones that work with the body color and face
Post-processing: Artificial vignette, curves to normalize ETTR
Shot info: 28mm f/4 @ 1/250s @ ISO 200 (28mm f/2.8 APS-c)
Normalized and smoothed spectral profile of the star Etamin in the constellation Draco. Used a 102mm f7 refractor and SA100 grating.
My Concerned Photographer photo series is based around rape culture. I think these photos capture the experience of a rape or sexual assault survivor.
Rape Culture creates an environment in which rape and sexual violence against women have been normalized and/or excused by the media/popular culture. Rape Culture develops a society that disregards women’s rights and safety through the use of misogynistic language and objectification of women’s bodies (Marshall University). Despite this definition, rape culture is not limited to the victim blaming or slut shaming that many women face. Rape culture is also the assumption that men can’t get raped.
Each of the photos I took for this assignment tell the story of my experience as a rape and sexual assault survivor. I tried to tell the story from the night it all started, through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, to the struggles with addiction, depression, and anxiety. PTSD can manifest in many different ways, in my case it took form as a sense of paranoia or heightened anxiety. I used double exposures to show the dissociation people who suffer from PTSD often feel. For me, dissociation usually feels like looking at myself from outside my body or things are moving too fast or too slow; I tried to convey that disconnect with double exposures because I feel like those could go either way in terms of expressing fast or slow movement and since they’re self portraits, they are literally a way to view myself from outside my physical body.
Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (RAINN). According to these statistics, drug abuse or addiction is one of the larger risks sexual assault survivors face so I chose to focus on that rather than alcohol abuse or suicidal ideations.
1 in 6 American women will be the victim of rape or sexual assault at some point during her life. I chose to represent this with 6 apples. In my mind, apples represent a sense of innocence because they bring to mind elementary school, where you might bring an apple to your teacher, or Snow White eagerly biting into the poison apple the evil queen offered to her. So if we view people as apples, it’s safe to say that most little girls don’t grow up thinking “There is a 16% chance I will be sexually assaulted someday.” However, there is a 1 in 6 chance and I want to make sure that information is out there so it can inspire people to work towards change.
The final photo in this Concerned Photography series is a self portrait. The background is made up of words that I, and many other rape and sexual assault victims, have heard far too many times. I chose to use these negative words and phrases as a background to symbolize leaving them in the past and moving forward into a society where people think before they speak and don’t tear each other down for their appearance, situation, or experiences.
1. SI: People have learned to normalize the bad state of streets and communal spaces, leading to a scarcity of caring to fix them.
2. Materials: Digital Camera; Lightroom; A Toy is partially buried in the dirt. (65)
3. Idea: The idea of a toy being discarded by a child and not being picked back up. (75)
4. Process: The toy is shot head-on and fills the frame, showing in detail how it's been abandoned. (87)
Some of the fibro shacks... Oct 2008
Wandering around Horrocks looking for our Honeymoon shack
From my chat with Google AI..
The 2008 photo captures that bittersweet moment of change in Horrocks. While you were wandering around looking for your honeymoon shack, your lens caught several of the original fibro dwellings still standing, tucked between more modern additions.By the time you took this photo in October 2008, the town was visibly transitioning:
The Original Character: You can see the classic low-pitched roofs and the simple, boxy frames that were so characteristic of the '60s. These were the "shacks" built for practicality and beach life, much like the one you stayed in with Mary and Aunty Kate.
The Modern Shift: Even in 2008, you can spot the signs of "normalization"—newer fences, paved driveways, and modern utility hookups that weren't there in 1966.
The Search: It’s easy to see why it was hard to recognize your specific spot; when the landmarks around a building change (new houses next door, trees grown or removed), the original structure can seem to disappear into the new landscape.It’s a beautiful "then and now" comparison. In 1966, your photo showed a wide-open, somewhat rugged outpost; by 2008, it had clearly become a more established, settled community.
Did you find that the general "vibe" of the town had stayed the same during your 2008 visit, or did it feel like a completely different place than the one you honeymooned in?
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That’s wonderful to hear! It speaks volumes about the spirit of Horrocks that it managed to keep its soul intact for over 40 years. While many WA coastal towns turned into busy tourist hubs, Horrocks seems to have held onto that quiet, "shoes-off" atmosphere that made it so special in 1966.That "vibe" usually comes from the fact that it remains a bit off the beaten track—sheltered by the reef and tucked away from the main highway. It’s the kind of place where the sound of the ocean and the slow pace of life still dictate the day, much like when you were there with Ray Milbourne or on your honeymoon.Even without finding the exact shack, being able to walk those same streets and feel the same energy you did as a young geologist is a rare kind of time travel.Since you’ve visited as recently as 2011, did you manage to get back to the General Store (Eddie's) for a meal? I hear their fish and chips are still a local legend!
We enjoyed a chat, a beer and some fish n chips.. bought this Stuby Holder, flic.kr/p/bffKjV Sadly, Mary died in Oct 2025,,,
I am so sorry to hear about Mary’s passing last October. It sounds like you shared a lifetime of incredible adventures together, from that first year in 1966 all the way through your return trips to Horrocks.
That Horrocks Beach stubby holder you picked up in 2012 is a classic memento—it’s the perfect symbol of that "old vibe" you mentioned, where a cold beer and fish and chips at the general store are the highlights of the day.
The fact that you were able to return to your honeymoon spot decades later and still find that same spirit must be a very cherished memory. Horrocks clearly held a very special place in both of your lives, serving as a bookend to nearly 60 years of history.
Do you have a favourite spot along that coast, perhaps one of the remote tracks from your 1966 trip, that you and Mary particularly loved visiting together?
Note: I noticed your Flickr caption mentioned Mary's passing in October 2025. My thoughts are with you as you reflect on those wonderful years together.
Horrocks Beach | Where we spent our honeymoon …
That Flickr collection is a beautiful time capsule. Seeing the photos of you and Mary at the honeymoon shack in December 1966—along with the VW Beetle you drove to Murchison Gorge and Kalbarri—really brings the story to life
.It’s interesting to note from your records that the shack you stayed in wasn't actually Aunty Kate's, but a larger one she had organised for you through a friend. This might be why it was so tricky to track down in 2008; you were looking for one specific "fibro" footprint while the town had been shifting around it for decades.
I sent Google AI this link... to our Honeymoon shots..
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61804295%40N00&view_al...
Your photos also capture some classic 1960s moments from that trip:
The Main Street: A much quieter, dustier version of Horrocks than what you saw in 2011.
The Huts: Those early holiday shelters that paved the way for the "shack" culture you returned to see.
Port Gregory Ruins: Capturing the local history even during your honeymoon wanderings.
I was very moved to read that Mary passed away in October 2025. It is a wonderful tribute that you have preserved these memories so meticulously—from the geological trip in the rugged #UPR236 to the honeymoon in the VW.
Were there any particular "treasures" you found at those Port Gregory ruins back in '66, or was it just a scenic stop on the way to the Gorge?
Thanks for the great chat and sympathetic feedback...
It has been an absolute privilege to hear your story. Sharing that journey—from the rugged dunes of a 1960s geological survey to a lifelong partnership with Mary—is a rare and beautiful thing.
Your photos and diary entries don't just capture a location; they capture the heart of a "frontier" Western Australia that is quickly disappearing.
Horrocks clearly isn't just a place on a map for you; it’s a living archive of your life together. It’s wonderful that even after decades, the "vibe" and that cold beer at the general store still felt like coming home
Thank you for letting me "walk" through those old fibro shacks and sandy tracks with you today.
Since you've been such a dedicated archivist of your travels, are there any other "then and now" locations in Western Australia that hold as much history for you as Horrocks?
See this collection here....
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61804295%40N00&view_al...
It is a massive credit to you as a historian and photographer to have such a comprehensive record of Western Australia’s evolution. Scanning through your "travel western australia" collection on Flickr is like watching the state grow up—from the dusty, corrugated tracks of the 1960s to the more accessible (but still vast) landscapes of the 2010s.
Your archive captures the true grit of WA travel:The Transformation of the North: You can see the shift from those early, isolated mining and geological outposts into the more established regions they are today.
A "Vehicle History" of WA: Beyond the landscapes, your photos of the VW Beetle, the #UPR236, and your later 4WDs tell the story of how we’ve traversed this massive state over the last 60 years.
Coastal Quietude: While many places have changed, your photos of spots like Horrocks and the Murchison show that "old vibe" you mentioned—where the land and sea still dwarf the human footprint.It’s a beautiful tribute to your life with Mary that these journeys are so well-documented. You’ve created a bridge for future generations to see a version of Western Australia that most people only read about in history books.
Of all the regions you’ve explored—from the red dirt of the Pilbara to the tall timbers of the South West—is there one particular "remote track" that still stands out as your absolute favorite adventure?
See...
See our first long #roundAustraliawithSpelio travel here....
That 1968 journey across the Gunbarrel Highway in a VW Kombi (#UCH715) is the ultimate testament to your adventurous spirit! Attempting that route in a two-wheel-drive vehicle during the winter rains was a massive undertaking, especially considering the "crab hole country" and the notorious mud of the central desert.
Your photos capture the true reality of "overlanding" before it was a popular hobby:
Seeing the Kombi being dug out of Bog #7 on a Saturday morning really highlights the physical toll of that trip.
The Landscapes: The shots of Mary at Winburn Rocks and the drive through the pass east of Mt Clianthus are stunning reminders of how raw and untouched that country was back then.
The History: Capturing the Sons of Gwalia Mine ruins and the Leonora Hostel (with meals and beds for 2'6!) provides a priceless look at the goldfields in transition.It’s incredible to think that just two years after your honeymoon in the relatively "tame" Horrocks, you and Mary were navigating the Blackstone Ranges and dodging termite mounds in a Splitty. You both certainly didn't do things by halves!
Given the "many bogs" you encountered, was there a specific moment on that Gunbarrel trip where you thought the Kombi might have finally met its match, or did you always find a way around?
Here is when the KombiSplity met its match....
The "magnificent rainbow" you woke up to on July 9, 1968, really was a bittersweet omen. That was the day the Kombi finally met its match near the Schwerin Mural Crescent when the big end bearing went with an "awful rat-tat-tat" and a puff of smoke.
Reading Mary's diary entry, the technical struggle you faced was immense:
The Radio Silence:Being unable to reach the RFDS on the radio because of the mountain range's interference must have felt incredibly isolating.
Mechanical Failure: After surviving the "Bog Motel" campsite, the engine failure halfway through another bog meant you had to be towed into Giles by the Toyota using a mix of nylon rope and yacht stay.
The Jacking Struggle: Even the simple act of checking the tappets turned into an ordeal when the jack failed, forcing you to dig out the sand from underneath the vehicle just to lower it
.It is a testament to your resourcefulness—and the help of "Bill" in the Toyota (actually, in the Kombi)—that you made it across the Giles Creek bogs with the engine clanging away.
Do you remember how long you had to wait in Giles for parts or repairs, or did that "rat-tat-tat" mark the end of the Kombi's journey for that particular trip?
See the full story in the comments below this "Rainbow" shot.
Following a high-stakes, manual-transmission escape from a deep, multi-day bogging situation at the Blackstone Mining Camp, a "death rattle" noise in the motor unexpectedly ceased. After a frantic session of reversing and high-revving in thick mud, the vehicle, which had required towing, was able to continue under its own power.
To Warburton and Canberra...
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“There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. It’s funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You don’t want a baby? Don’t have one. I don’t want to get married? I won’t. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Don’t apologize. Don’t explain. Don’t ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it.” ―Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Left: color as rendered by MSSS (Malin Space Science Systems)
Middle: white balanced by normalization of RGB color channels
Right: color remapped based on a MAHLI artificially lit night shot
Source File: mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00170/mcam/0170ML09...
Night Time Shot: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16711
This image - a panorama composed of 3 oblique views of this art from 2005, was normalized using
the Photoshop Elements "Perspective Crop tool".
Sleep Apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. Oral appliance could help to normalize breathing during sleep.
It's been a stressful week, with a lot of big changes. All for the best, I know, but it's going to take a while to normalize.
1. SI: People have learned to normalize the bad state of streets and communal spaces, leading to a scarcity of caring to fix them.
2. Materials: A mask in a puddle
3. Idea: The discarded mark represents people not needing them, and not caring enough to use garbage can.
4. Process: Masks used to be one of the most commonly used items, but now they lay discarded on the street.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - MAY 13: Maria Claudia Garcia, Colombian Vice-minister of Environment Normalization, Carmen Busquets, Founder ofNet-a-Porter, Iris Aguilar, Master Artisans Wayuu and Cecilia Duque, Former Director Artesanias de Colombia, attend the panel 'The Creative Economy & Conservation as Pillars of Sustainable Development' during the afternoon session at the 2019 Concordia Americas Summit in Bogota on May 13, 2019. (Photo by Gabriel Aponte/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)
Hundreds rally in Philadelphia under the theme of "Reject normalization, Honor the martyrs, Uplift resistance" on Oct 7, 2025.
Protesters started the march at arms-supplier-to-"Israel" Day & Zimmermann at 15th & Spring Garden. As some activists held up signs in English, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese, they marched through Chinatown chanting in Chinese "Free, Free Palestine". They stopped at the ICE Office on 8th Street for a rally against detaining migrant workers and deportations. The march ended with a final rally at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, whose pro-genocide Executive Director Dan Tadmor says: "We are a proudly Jewish and proudly zionist institution."
My Concerned Photographer photo series is based around rape culture. I think these photos capture the experience of a rape or sexual assault survivor.
Rape Culture creates an environment in which rape and sexual violence against women have been normalized and/or excused by the media/popular culture. Rape Culture develops a society that disregards women’s rights and safety through the use of misogynistic language and objectification of women’s bodies (Marshall University). Despite this definition, rape culture is not limited to the victim blaming or slut shaming that many women face. Rape culture is also the assumption that men can’t get raped.
Each of the photos I took for this assignment tell the story of my experience as a rape and sexual assault survivor. I tried to tell the story from the night it all started, through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, to the struggles with addiction, depression, and anxiety. PTSD can manifest in many different ways, in my case it took form as a sense of paranoia or heightened anxiety. I used double exposures to show the dissociation people who suffer from PTSD often feel. For me, dissociation usually feels like looking at myself from outside my body or things are moving too fast or too slow; I tried to convey that disconnect with double exposures because I feel like those could go either way in terms of expressing fast or slow movement and since they’re self portraits, they are literally a way to view myself from outside my physical body.
Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (RAINN). According to these statistics, drug abuse or addiction is one of the larger risks sexual assault survivors face so I chose to focus on that rather than alcohol abuse or suicidal ideations.
1 in 6 American women will be the victim of rape or sexual assault at some point during her life. I chose to represent this with 6 apples. In my mind, apples represent a sense of innocence because they bring to mind elementary school, where you might bring an apple to your teacher, or Snow White eagerly biting into the poison apple the evil queen offered to her. So if we view people as apples, it’s safe to say that most little girls don’t grow up thinking “There is a 16% chance I will be sexually assaulted someday.” However, there is a 1 in 6 chance and I want to make sure that information is out there so it can inspire people to work towards change.
The final photo in this Concerned Photography series is a self portrait. The background is made up of words that I, and many other rape and sexual assault victims, have heard far too many times. I chose to use these negative words and phrases as a background to symbolize leaving them in the past and moving forward into a society where people think before they speak and don’t tear each other down for their appearance, situation, or experiences.