Gun Violence
Photography by Denise Beckwith “That’s kind of part of my vision for the future to be able to be well enough. I want to be able to walk one day and finish my studies and work.” – Ruth, Guatemala 2017 “The first shot hit my friend who fell to the ground and I thought she’s […]…
My son
“We are warriors. Every morning we get up and we do battle against the obstacles so as to be more positive.” – Joselyne, Guatemala, 2017 “I was in a car riding with a friend who was driving, and the attackers came and killed my friend. They fired twenty shots, killed my friend driving and one […]…
My son
Photography by Denise Beckwith “We are warriors. Every morning we get up and we do battle against the obstacles so as to be more positive.” – Joselyne, Guatemala, 2017 I was in a car riding with a friend who was driving, and the attackers came and killed my friend. They fired twenty shots, killed my […]…
Equity First
“In terms of my silent tears, it’s for him because somebody took his innocence truly, it’s for me, it’s for my aunts, my uncles, my whole family because childhood sexual abuse is something that has undermined generation after generation of my family and it’s still this big dark secret and I am still the only […]…
Equity First
Photograph by Denise Beckwith “In terms of my silent tears, it’s for him because somebody took his innocence truly, it’s for me, it’s for my aunts, my uncles, my whole family because childhood sexual abuse is something that has undermined generation after generation of my family and it’s still this big dark secret and I […]…
Lost
– Anonymous, Canada, 2017…
Lost
Photography by Denise Beckwith – Anonymous, Canada…
Grief
Photograph by Denise Beckwith – Sylvia, Canada I totally lost it. You just drop, your body just drops. Then I was brought into the safe room. They held me there for two days and then they shipped me to silver water mental health unit in The Hole because they thought I was trying to commit […]…
Grief
“I was sitting in the visiting room, visiting with a religious lady called Bobby when the officers came in. They asked me to follow them and they brought me into the clinic first, then they brought me into the office and said that there’s been an accident and somebody died in your family. I asked who it […]…
Whānau
Photograph by Denise Beckwith “There was lots of abuse prior to the accident, totally physical, the majority physical, some mental. When I was still walking, he used to put his (tears) the thought of another human being that can do that. He is father to five of my children. He was really abusive he used […]…