Schlagwort: Trauma
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Karolina Spolniewski : Hotel of Eternal Light
To break the psyche of prisoners, various methods of white torture and light were used, from X-rays, through light corridors, flashing lights, blinding, to black isolation. As Hannah Arendt describes in The Origins of Totalitarianism, such a radical experience in isolation and loneliness leaves us unable to experience the world, unable to make sense of…
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Amani Willett : Invisible Sun
INVISIBLE SUN is a visual meditation on survival, transformation, and fragility by artist Amani Willett. The project traces the impact of childhood medical traumas and the ways they continue to reverberate through the present.
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Linda Zhengová : Oxymoron
After desperately trying to recover from an abusive relationship, I constructed a nocturnal alter ego under which I photographed this project. At this point in my life, I was so numb that I just did things to feel something, at least a little bit. … It was my way of rebuilding confidence and self-love
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Aline Bovard Rudaz : Femmes – Violences
This book addresses the ethical dilemmas associated with the display of violent images and proposes alternative strategies for raising awareness, based on fifteen projects by women. The book underlines the importance of regaining control over the representation of women for the purposes of self affirmation, empowerment, care and struggle.
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Jonathan Torgovnik : Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape
An estimated 20,000 children were born of rapes that occurred during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Fifteen years later, the mothers of these children still face enormous challenges, not least of which is the stigma of bearing and raising a child fathered by a Hutu militiaman.
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Blake Butler : Molly
A masterpiece of autobiography, Molly is a riveting journey into the darkest and most unthinkable parts of the human heart, emerging with a hard-won, unsurpassedly beautiful understanding that expands the possibilities of language to comprehend and express true love.
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Arhant Shrestha : Loose Fist
A victim of homophobic assault, Arhant Shrestha uses images to conjure up fear of others and judgment. Here, in carefully staged fictional scenes, he photographs members of Kathmandu’s queer community, offering a counterpoint to candid flash photos of crowds of ultra-masculine men at traditional festivals.
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Anselme Alma Servain : La Rumeur
Tying in with my ongoing corpus of self-portraiture work, this daily intuitive practice is the result of a compulsive investigation into a question I asked my mom when I was a kid : could I have been abused as a child?
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Marcus Gustafsson : Filling in the Gaps
Filling in the Gaps is an emotional exploration of trauma, showing how revisiting painful memories can open paths toward reconciliation and peace with the past.
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Tracey L. Chandler : A Poor Sort of Memory
“As I revisited old hideouts in concrete washes and private bunks in rock formations, I was reminded of a past laden with trauma and my desperation to find both a sense of belonging and an independent self,” she says.
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Mika Sperling : I Have Done Nothing Wrong
Dans cette enquête intime, Mika Sperling brise un tabou familial et sociétal. Avec vulnérabilité et résilience, elle se confronte à son traumatisme à travers trois récits plastiques.
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Ali Shobeiri, Helen Westgeest : Psychosomatic Imagery. Photographic Reflections on Mental Disorders
This book explores the potential of specific photographic images for reflecting on experiences of mental disorders. Instead of looking at photographs of (people suffering from) mental disorders, this volume aspires to comprehend the complexities of such conditions through photographic lexicons, metaphors, and practices.