Reclamation To Come is an ongoing project that examines how individuals reclaim autonomy over their bodies after trauma; experiences including sexual assault, miscarriage, abortion, mastectomy, and others unknown but still to come. What began as a personal response to an oversexualized adolescence has expanded into a collective inquiry into healing after the loss of agency in choices made for, and upon, our bodies.
My practice moves through this liminal, nonlinear space to witness how the body can be re-inhabited with care and agency—rather than centering the wounds, it turns toward acknowledgment and the reformation of self. The project attends to the shared post-processing of bodily losses of agency, recognizing the resonances across many experiences. It offers proximity rather than closure, recognition rather than resolution. It lingers between vulnerability and reclamation, where the self is redrawn through touch, reflection, self-assuredness, and shared bearing.
The project unfolds through close collaboration with each participant, creating space for them to be portrayed as they wish to be seen. Each portrait is realized within a duochromatic, cinematic environment that resonates with their identity. The series will culminate in ten large-format portraits, including a self-portrait, printed at 48” x 60” and framed in white. Envisioned as NFS and intended for gallery or museum exhibition with potential to travel, the work seeks to foster dialogue around bodily autonomy, institutional retraumatization, and healing. Given the sensitivity of the subject matter, the process is intentionally slow and centered on participants ready to engage in this stage of post-traumatic reflection. To date, I have completed three portraits and continue to refine the aesthetic through practice shoots and freelance work that sustains my creative process.
Reclamation
To Come
