Kiera Russell

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Honorary Witness

In Honorary Witness, Kiera Russell presents an artist photo book and a series of analog prints. Her series delves into her personal journey of metamorphosis and growth amidst unfamiliar terrain, a liberating yet tumultuous departure from her constructed view of reality. Rather than a rebirth, she confronts resistance and disempowerment, finding that this uncharted territory, meant for cultivation and consolidation, instead unravels and fractures, leading to a symbolic demise of her former self.

The photographs encapsulate her journey through the solitude felt while traversing uncharted landscapes where the only witness to her transformation was herself. Through this photography project, she not only captures but also confronts her own narrative, which she can only discover by unveiling the ghosts of her family and community’s past.

The piece narrates a tale from the visceral discomfort of embodiment to a cathartic symbolic rebirth and fragmentation of identity, culminating in a serene release, immersing into the depths of the subconscious.