Image Number: APN295270
Title: Life After Rape. Survivor Portrait Series.
Path:
african.pictures /
Independent Photographers /
George Philipas
Description: ââ¬Å4 months ago, if someone had said to me I would put all the pieces of my life back together, I would have said no way. Now though, I can see a way out.ââ¬Â. Jeannine was raped on 9th October 2008. While walking along her local beach, she was grabbed and dragged into the bushes by a man wielding a knife. During an appalling half hour ordeal the man threatened her life and on several occasions plunged the blade into the ground close to her face. She was left half-dressed and in a state of panic but managed to make her way to the local police station where, by her own account, she fell apart.. Her family and boyfriend were very supportive, but it could not stop her from descending into a terrible personal plight. She had irrational feelings of guilt and shame and often wondered whether maybe she shouldnââ¬â¢t have been on the beach at the time of the attack. Jeannine worried the effect it would have on her boyfriend knowing that she had been with another man, even if it was a terrib
Collections: Independent Photographers
Subcollections:
George Philipas
Country: South Africa
Location: Cape Town
Orientation: portrait
Pixel Size: 3654 x 4872
Media Id: 3_2031
Credit: George Philipas / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
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