Unspoken
Lorena Ros
Schilt
Hardcover
128 pages
160 × 230 mm
2014
ISBN 9789053308141
Unspoken is a testimony in pictures and words of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Their abusers were family members, loved ones, clergy, and esteemed members of the community. Over the course of six years, I have built close relationships with the survivors in this book. I took a series of portraits of them, interviewed them and recorded their testimonies. They shared their private world and recalled the traumatic experiences that took place many years ago. I photographed the places and the triggers that the survivors relate to the traumatic event, capturing their memories. In some cases, survivors invited me to photograph the actual places where the abuse occurred; other times I photographed other elements that triggered their memories such as an object or a place that they relate to their childhood trauma.
The circumstances and perpetrators of the abuse are all different. The survivors vary in age and come from different countries, including Spain, my homeland. Child sexual abuse is a crime that knows no borders. A child’s socio-economic status or cultural background offers no protection. What bonded these survivors to each other was shame and a conviction instilled in them by the perpetrator that what happened to them should never be spoken of.
About the Artist
Lorena Ros is a photojournalist has been a photojournalist since 2001 and is based between Barcelona and Mumbai. Her work focuses on the representation of trauma, especially recovery and resilience in people who has suffer sexual violence and other types of abuse.
lorenaros.squarespace.com
About the Publisher
Schilt Publishing and Schilt Gallery are respectively a publishing house specialised in high quality photography books, and a commercial gallery representing a wide range of top class artists from all over the world.
schiltpublishing.com
(source: https://www.levievandermeer.nl/project/schilt-publishing/)
