"Collateral damage is the deaths, injuries, or other damage inflicted on an unintended target." I pondered for some time as to whether I would include this image in my portfolio. If for that matter, I should share it at all. It seems oddly out of place in terms of my portfolio. I actually created this image as part of a set of 3 images. Yet somehow this one felt so much deeper to me. It stood alone and so I might not even bother to complete the set. In the end I have decided

I have had this prop (that I found on a sidewalk) and dress (bought specifically to use with this prop) for at least 6 years. I knew exactly the image I wanted to create. I even had the title ready. But I did not connect to the story and so it remained dormant and uncreated. Now I connect to this story and so it was finally time to create this image... "Part of me wants to shine... But every instinct in me screams to close the walls around me. I will not survive again." I hav