Powerful images that bring out the trauma of rape survivors

31 Oct 2016 12:21 PM IST

Photographers use art to tell stories.

Photographers use disturbing and artistic imagery to tell stories of rape survivors (Photo: Kickstarter/The Spiral Of Containment)
Photographer Yana Mazurevich created the series titled 'It Happens' in response to rapist Brock Turners release (Photo: Facebook/Yana Mazurkevich Photography)
\"In the original fairytale the princess is asleep and the prince rapes her. I felt like Sleeping Beauty and could have stayed in that tower forever.\" (Photo: Kickstarter/The Spiral Of Containment)
Another photo series titled 'The Spiral of Containment' by Elisa Iannacone gives artistic expression to rape survivors as the photographer is raising funds for it on kickstarter (Photo: Kickstarter/The Spiral Of Containment)
The images got a mixed response with some survivors saying the images were triggering to them (Photo: Facebook/Yana Mazurkevich Photography)
The shocking practice of victim shaming has been witnessed in society recently and the series addresses the same (Photo: Facebook/Yana Mazurkevich Photography)
The series is aimed at bringing out the ordeal that rape survivors go through during and after the rape (Photo: Facebook/Yana Mazurkevich Photography)

Photographers use disturbing and artistic imagery to tell stories of rape survivors (Photo: Kickstarter/The Spiral Of Containment)

Photographers use art to tell stories.