Self Harming - ASSETS/ WORK IN PROGRESS

When I was looking at and researching into Self Harming, there was many things which were going on through my head, but when I came to the idea of using what the individual sees and what  others see I had a brilliant idea and thought it would be great to capture what she actually does to herself which others do not know about but then take a photo of her mirroring what she is doing but using an object which she is not going to Self Harm with.

With Self Harming and my project I did not want to use a knife or any kind of sharp object as I wanted to be a little bit different and not all the same, in one photograph I have got her to grip her throat as if she is strangling herself the reason behind this is because even though she is not bleeding she is still abusing herself and it is representing this victim and attacker thing as well because she is strangling herself but in the other photograph which is being mirrored she is doing a different  movement which is what others are seeing and she is playing the victim in that.

With the photograph I have used her hands to strangle herself, she has placed them against her throat and it looks really powerful and something which would upset anyone who knows this individual it is when she is looking at herself in the mirror and what she sees, so her make up is still tired and feeling worthless. The other photograph which I have taken and is mirroring the strangling photograph is her putting on a necklace for a night out, and this is what her friends and family see her doing they are unaware that when she looks in the mirror she is something completely different and that is what happens with Self Harming victims.