Ashleigh Chaffers
Fear of the unknown 2008

digital type C photograph
58.5 x 41.0 cm
St Helena Secondary College, Eltham North
 
My photograph captures the transition from adolescence to adulthood, and the isolation and confusion associated with it. I wanted to convey these emotions through the image of a girl lost in a forest, representing the idea of entering adulthood without fully understanding what is to come. Her anxious body language and the sinister, shadowy background heighten the sense of unease and her fear of the unknown. I have used Photoshop to manipulate the image, creating the illusion of the background disappearing into darkness.