'Sanctuary' is a self-portrait series created over the course of 9 years or so. It explores the traum and healing from my experience as a victim of stalking and abuse. One of the biggest things that I lost was the feeling of safety within my own home. It's something that only people who've experienced this can truly understand. Having to uproot my life and relocate to escape and start anew in a city where I didn't know anyone, meant that I spent so much time alone. Over the years I gradually created a space that felt like mine again; where everything was full of light and colour. A nesting place where I wasn't locking myself away. A sanctuary.

The images which I created capture the warmth and light within this refuge I made for myself. As the subject in these images, I can look back and see myself learning, healing and growing.

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