The Metamorphosis Series: KORA
Kora is the first in the Faces of Fortitude: Metamorphosis Series: a series revisiting Faces in this project, who had their portraits taken in 2018/19 - and since have had major life altering...
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Tracy & Maggie
Faces of FortitudePhotographers Notes + Session Quotes Tracy and Maggie's session was my inaugural shoot in my own space, and there were so many things I was nervous about. Would this...
Read MoreNaomi's Law
Last week I had the opportunity to hear Ashley Judd speak at the National Press Luncheon in Washington DC, about the horrors she endured in the hours after her mothers death by suicide. The...
Read MoreLeia - A Survivor Update
Leia - Faces of Fortitude - 2018 Sharing my journey helped me in many ways! I had people reach out to me and ask for help getting into treatment, asking for advice, and it really made me...
Read MoreThat Curse to Stay and Live
Poem and Art by K. Rose QuayleFrom the book - This Business of Becoming Mad Golden then, that afternoon, and brindled was the skyfairytales still had an end,and trains yet passed me by.The...
Read MoreSelf Portrait Evolution
Last month I sat in the studio to take an updated self portrait and reflected on the past 5 years since starting this project in 2017. This project began with a wave of emotion and excitement...
Read MoreStacie: Her Loss in her words
met Mariangela nearly 9 years ago. I think I remember every detail about our first meeting, because well, its Mariangela, and no one forgets meeting her. I can save the sorted details for...
Read MoreViola: A Survivors Story
My earliest memory of grappling with the concept of suicide occurred when I was 9 years old; the night before my first day back to school after summer break when my mother was in her room...
Read MoreLiam – His Story
Every morning I sense a feeling of guilt, from where this emotion comes from is unknown and at times extremely confusing. My brain seems to try and pull a reason from somewhere, was...
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