Thin Skin Thick
“If resilience is a measure of how quickly we bounce back, I could be an Olympic trampoline. So this is just how it is, I shrug it off, I’ll feel less sore soon. I’ll tell my loved ones who are frustrated about the pain I experience and I know that I’ll have days when I […]…
Thin Skin Thick
photography by Margherita Coppolino ‘If resilience is a measure of how quickly we bounce back, I could be an olympic trampoline. So this is just how it is, I shrug it off, I’ll feel less sore soon. I’ll tell my loved ones who are frustrated about the pain I experience and I know that I’ll […]…
Not So Pleasant
“I was only six years old, and I was falling asleep. And then I asked him if I could go to bed. He said, “Oh, I’ll take you up to the bed, I will.” and he watched me get undressed, he touched me, watched me as he took me to the toilet, he took his […]…
Not So Pleasant
“I was only six years old, and I was falling asleep. And then I asked him if I could go to bed. He said, “Oh “I’ll take you up to the bed, I will.” and he watched me get undressed, he touched me, watch me as he took me to the toilet, he took […]…
Not So Pleasant
photography by Margherita Coppolino ‘I was only six years old, and I was falling asleep. And then I asked him if I could go to bed. He said, “Oh “I’ll take you up to the bed, I will.” and he watched me get undressed, he touched me, watch me as he took me to the […]…
Silenced
“Now many decades on, she was able to reveal for the first time the ongoing sexual violence she endured as a child with a physical disability. She is no longer threatened by the perpetrator, yet the psychological trauma forces her to be anonymous in this project and, unlike the other participants, reveal no further information […]…
Silenced
“Now many decades on, she was able to reveal for the first time the on going sexual violence she endured as a child with a physical disability. She is no longer threated by the perpetrator, yet the psychological trauma forces her to be anonymous in this project and unlike the other participants reveal no […]…
Collateral Damage
“She acquired a brain injury, vision impairment and physical disability as a result of domestic violence. The perpetrator, was her husband who is a young war veteran, who served for over ten years, and is now only in his thirties. She became the collateral damage of her husbands Post Traumatic Stress. She lives in […]…
Little Rock
“When I was a child, it was the most horrific childhood, that I could ever imagine, its something that I hate, any child to go through. I was…uhm…I went through all forms of abuse, sexual, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, incest, bestiality, child pornography and neglect. Time and time again….and I just wanted these people […]…
Frozen
“My Silent Tears come from so many years of being misunderstood, of an inability to connect with my peers and always being on the outer, of a medical system falsely believing I was one thing, whilst I knew myself to be another, of being told my life would not be worth living if I […]…