projectunbreakable: Thank you to the reader who submitted this. If you have an image you would like to submit, please email me at grace@50extraordinarywomen.com.. And if you’re in NYC, MA, NJ, or Washington DC, then I would potentially be able to photograph you in the near future - just send me an email. In October 2011, artist Grace Brown began photographing survivors of sexual abuse holding posters with quotes from their rapists. As her project gained momentum, survivors from across the country began photographing themselves, sometimes hiding their faces behind their rapists’ words, sometimes staring directly into the camera, and sending their pictures to her. The process is one of healing, a cathartic reclamation of words which have become, through experience, violent. It is an act of courageous self-assertion. Her work, and its powerful impact on survivors, can be viewed here: The Unbreakable Project.

projectunbreakable:

Thank you to the reader who submitted this. If you have an image you would like to submit, please email me at grace@50extraordinarywomen.com.. And if you’re in NYC, MA, NJ, or Washington DC, then I would potentially be able to photograph you in the near future - just send me an email.

In October 2011, artist Grace Brown began photographing survivors of sexual abuse holding posters with quotes from their rapists. As her project gained momentum, survivors from across the country began photographing themselves, sometimes hiding their faces behind their rapists’ words, sometimes staring directly into the camera, and sending their pictures to her. The process is one of healing, a cathartic reclamation of words which have become, through experience, violent. It is an act of courageous self-assertion.

Her work, and its powerful impact on survivors, can be viewed here: The Unbreakable Project.

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