“People have a lot more compassion for children than they do for grown women.”
This is what Rachel Wisniewski had in mind when she began photographing people victimized by sexual misconduct. Inspired by the Harvey Weinstein rape allegations that exploded into the national consciousness a year ago, Wisniewski, who is 24 years old and based in Philadelphia, documented survivors outside of the high-profile Hollywood cases.
For Wisniewski, #MeToo was an opportunity to document the millions of stories of sexual misconduct that go unreported and unnoticed by the media. She chose to photograph each participant in two ways: first, a current portrait of the survivor, and second, an image of them holding a photograph of themselves at the age when they were assaulted. The pairing is an attempt to jar viewers into feeling empathy.
[For more on this story by Vox First Person, go to https://www.vox.com/2018/10/3/...me-too-trauma-memory]
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