ASUM Klub

Portraits by Three

Revenge Shoot

Sweet Surrender

Blue Jay (Thanksgiving break random)

Social Narrative

 

   The images represent the terrors of sexual and physical abuse. Even after the bruises, and physical evidence is gone, the memories of the attack remain. By simply closing your eyes you can feel the predator's hands moving across the surface of your skin.   The hand prints in these photos act as a literal visualization of the nightmare that these victims have been subjected to, and will continue to struggle with for their entire lives.

Why we photograph

Photography for me is my therapy. As soon as I place a camera in my hands, I feel my stress dissolve with the first click of the shutter. Photography allows me to express parts of myself that I may normally keep hidden. I am able to hide behind the camera and let my photos tell the world how I am feeling at that moment.
      My life is so hectic, between school, work, friends, and family that I feel lost in the shuffle of my own schedule. Photography helps me slow down, I am able to concentrate on the composition of my shot, what story I am trying to tell, and how I want myself as the photographer to be represented with the finished image. This makes me slow down, so I am able to capture exactly what I want.
      Before I found my passion for photography I felt lost, and often convinced myself that people didn't care about me, but when I show my photos (that tend to be more personal then most people think) and they comment on them (in both good and bad ways) it feels like the people around me are finally listening to the stories I have to tell.