This response was completely inspired by the incident that a friend of mine was involved in. To reiterate, she was essentially made to retrieve objects that her boyfriend would then hit her with. From getting her to tie belts around her mouth to wax being poured on her skin, this series focuses more on the belt situation alongside locations of where she would go after she was beaten. By using a belt, her abuser would often tie her hand to something to stop her from retaliating, and get her to tie it around her own mouth in order to stop any screams or loud cries for help. Here are a selection of images that stand as representation of certain aspects throughout this particular encounter. I deliberately created this series of images to be in black and white as it is an occurring theme within this project. I experimented with different lighting within this body of work as I wanted to see if i could create different effects and styles by adjusting light, composition and the focus of the image. The last quarter of the contact sheet is an idea I had of having a woman with lots of make up, with one piece of her face (eye) edited out so that underneath, you can see the true appearance and state that she is trying so hard to cover up. Looking at the general composition of those images i’m not sure whether I want to use it as a final outcome, nonetheless I still want to experiment and see what it would look like.