Claire Letitia Reynolds, These Scars Will Heal (PEOPLE 2022)

This is a portrait of my partner Moarcy (Moey), photographed in our back yard during lockdown in 2021. I was photographing for a an assignment, as I looked through the frame I saw this image and snapped. I was later to discover when developing the film it was an accidental double exposure. I feel this portrait captures Moey, and also reflects on myself so well, as our PTSD was reoccurring and we were struggling to keep it together, but had to for the sake of our 2 year old. Mental health has been a huge struggle for so many these past few years, if we can work on ourselves, these scars will heal. Shot on Mamiya RZ67 on Tmax 400, home developed and scanned.

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