‘Fourteen’ stems from my wider and ongoing series ‘Weapon of Choice’, which revisits the trauma that I experienced at the age of fourteen. In this zine, I address unspoken topics through my personal perspective using colour, pose, memory, and mark making. Despite recent movements to change the stigma against victims of sexual assault, inadequate sex education leaves the vulnerable ill-equipped to confront abuse. Instead, they are faceless and muted by fear, censored and isolated. Silence becomes their shield from a system that too often fails them.

CCP.PE.ZINE is a new collaborative publishing initiative from the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) and Perimeter Editions, dedicated to providing a platform for emerging photographic artists to exhibit their work in an accessible zine format. Each zine in the series – launched periodically in pairs – focuses on a single body of work by artists selected by the CCP.

32 pages, 14.8 x 21 cm, saddle-stitched zine, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) x Perimeter Editions (Naarm / Melbourne).

available for purchase from Perimeter Books.