Jessica Hladin, Her Name Is Shannon (PORTRAIT 2024)

I sat here for an hour, trying to explain the profundity of these photographs to complete strangers, without sharing a story that isn't mine to share. In the end, I figured that seeing Shannon step into the light and embrace the strength and softness of her gaze, on the edge of a salt lake that is so stripped but yet so full of life, would say everything that needed to be said. Captured October 2023 in Rockingham, WA.

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