Shrinking Violet stemmed from a short film that she created as part of her project about her mother. She made a film based around an interview that she did with her mum and made it up of archival images as well as documenting her everyday life. Part of the interview sparked her interest when her mother said ‘I’m not one of those shrinking violets in the work place’. This caught her attention as her role as simply doing what is expected of her, something that she want to challenge through her photographic work. This brought on the idea for creating a parody shoot as a dress as a persona, similar to her mum, and pose around the house mimicking the role of her mum portray. Shannon wanted this photo book to embody the traditional role of women our society perceives and for spectators to view the images she created to recognize themselves, their mothers, their sisters and their wives. Gender defines everyone and, at times, can be limiting. It makes us feel that we need to belong and conform to the expectations placed on us at birth solely on whether we were born male or female.