Metempsychosis is a psychology term meaning reincarnation of soul. The photographs are about domestic violence like rape and abuse presented in a way that the viewer sees it as if he/she was a witness. Metempsychosis is a psychology term meaning reincarnation of soul. The photographs are about domestic violence like rape and abuse presented in a way that the viewer sees it as if he/she was a witness. They also demonstrate the emotions behind close doors like silence, loss of identity, pain, an internal battle to get away from the violence, and a need to live another life free of the pain of being a victim.
The photographs are meant to take the horrors of emotional trauma with domestic violence from its hosts, transferring it into a pictorial body that cannot feel pain, and using myself as a means to conceal specific identities. They are a reenactment of actual events, and haunted memories told through details of a kind stranger, close friend, and personal experiences. The intent is to make people truly aware of domestic violence by presenting it in a way that words cannot proclaim its severity, and significance. The photographs are for victims to have a voice, stir up courage to seek aid, get out from the abuse, as well as to let the world know that domestic violence is still an active part of our society. I grew up in a house where domestic violence was a part of my daily life, and held in secret. When I got older I realized I was not the only one that had lived that life, and had spent most of their days hiding that it existed. If this is to ever stop people need to know that it should not be held secret, and this is not normal to everyday living.