2nd place
silver star award
Vanessa Phillips
canada
title
Land Loved
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entry description
I spent a year falling in love with the earth and myself. These images document a reclamation of female power. I went to the dark, wild places and I found her. There she is, dancing in the flames. There she is, sitting in the muck. Sometimes cold, sometimes in harmony, sometimes enraged. I learned to meet myself, I learned to express the things I usually kept hidden. I turned off my mind and allowed myself to be guided by intuition. I broke the law. I got naked in public, not always secluded places. I reclaimed my body. I became intimate with my blood. I did unusual things, exciting things. These images reveal parts of that journey.back to gallery