Hour Children: I Never Knew I Was Beautiful

Society sees people – women in jail, or formerly in jail – in a certain light, and that negativity is reflected back which these women internalize. It is a message cycle of inferiority. Fashion dictates image, for women especially, and I'm trying to make up that deficit-hole in the soul. Like with any self-destructive behavior, it can only change when the cycle is broken and healed. see more...

The third in the Hour Children series. see more...

Introducing our newest rawfile contributor, Amanda Berg and her story Keg Stand Queens:-

I began Keg Stand Queens in response to my relationship with alcohol during college. By photographing my friends and acquaintances I started an ongoing exploration of binge drinking culture among undergraduate women. see more...