Week thirteen:

 Week thirteen:

 Individual work:

Working further on my critical introduction after finalizing my photos:

'Masked' is an exploration into both the physical and psychological impact of the global pandemic on victims of both male and female victims of domestic abuse. I hope that my work successfully reflects the heightened ability for abusers to conceal their actions in a time of safety being maintained by physical and social distancing. As the photographer, I still found myself obsessing over small details, hiccups in life, and regretting previous actions or conversations I had had when the world was as we knew it before the pandemic I found myself confined by a routine of being consumed by the past due to the uncertainty of the future. It is in this reminiscence in which I believe photography has its relevance. In my images, I aim to combine the surrealism of the current situation, with the unthinkably brutal reality of the victim's lives. With a strong relevance to current affairs, my images outline photography's ability to capture the past, teach the present, and warn the future - the consequences of avoiding an uncomfortable conversation that needs to be had. I believe that producing images of a straightforward and authentic nature capture the adjustments to life that have now been made and highlights the ability to use creativity as a constant, even when facing the unknown. I used a mixture of projector photography and staged images to emphasize a message namely, that domestic abuse happens at no fault of the victims. Projector photography was a successful style used through highlighting abuse as simply pain and suffering that is inflicted or quite literally projected onto them. Staged photos helped to illustrate the ability in concealing often fatal situations. I hoped to further portray this sense of suffering by producing black and white images providing a sense of clinical coldness. 

 

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