Fear
Artist Statement
For this photo series I decided to focus on a serious topic: child abuse. I sat down with my niece and tried explaining that they were not happy photos and that she couldn’t smile. She didn't really understand why, not that I expected her too, but she was more than willing to pretend for me. I first posed my niece in our backyard and to get her emotional I told her that she had a bug in her hair. She reacted exactly how I expected her to and I was able to get the shot I wanted. I then brought her inside and used makeup to give her the look of a bruise. We headed into my parent’s room and I had her lean against my mother’s dresser. From then on I just told her how to sit and what facials to use. I decided on this topic because I have a close friend who went through a similar situation when she was child and I wanted to bring out emotions in my viewer.