By Vanessa Van Houten
RAW is a series of portraits photographed as people revisit a moment of loss from their past, which is presented alongside their written thoughts on the personal loss. Each individual has a different approach in revealing their loss. The memories can be hurtful but also happy. Each person photographed has become the person they are, or still is becoming the person they will be, through what they have lost and been through in their lives. Meeting and hearing their stories, feeling and seeing their vulnerability touches the heart. It is the moment when people are lost in their thoughts and by themselves, when there is beauty and sincerity.
There will be two editions: Regular and the limited Collectors Edition (of only 25 copies). The Collectors Edition will be a clamshell box set: autographed, numbered and certified by the artist and feature three original, signed photos printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper in an envelope.
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