endosode

Endosode, the starting point, looks at my own lived experience with the condition of endometriosis. The book serves as a visual exploration of the hidden, unseen realities of living daily in pain, the medical and societal silencing and its repercussions, and the way this shapes a person living with and through endometriosis. Inviting the reader into an intimate conversation about the reality of this invisible condition. The pages contain stills made over a 3-year period looking at moments of high physical pain and its consequences.

Throughout the book, there are hidden photographs in their negative state, representing the life that people perceive as reality. Juxtaposing photographs in the positive, colour, are the actuality of my unseen existence. This conversation between perceived truth and reality, positive and negative, is mirrored throughout the book's design and well as photographic content. Endosode, is the opening chapter, of an ongoing wider project on endometriosis. This work is not a cathartic exploration but rather a desire to invite a conversation to what 1 in 10 women experience. The power of being seen is one we cannot take lightly; whether endometriosis is your specific story or not, we all carry hidden pain.