This is a photo from my first test shoot on my new project.
I’m calling it “Scarred”

For my theme, I’m going to focus on the story of my mother. She’s had a difficult life, which has left her disabled and mentally scarred. Though she isn’t in a wheelchair, she goes through a lot of pain from day to day. Yet, she gets through it, living each day as much as she can.
Her disability was inflicted on her by another person, her ex-husband in fact. He promised her the world, and instead he beat her and damaged her, leaving her with a broken spine. Though she now has metal plates in her back, mistakes happened and she was left with a permanently damaged nervous system. 
And despite all this, she gets through each day, stronger than ever. She is a truly inspiring woman, defeating all obstacles that come at her every day. I love her to pieces. She shows us all that no matter what life throws at us, we can get through it. We might get scarred, mentally or physically, along the way, but we can still live life to our full.

She’s been through so much, and I want to depict how scarred she is through my photographs. It will be a challenge, I know, because the story is so much deeper than I have described, but I will do my best to tell her incredible tale.

-Note: Permission for this has been granted by my mother.

I’m proud of how strong my mother is.