For my Respect Yourself photo I chose to capture the reality that smoking and other harmful drugs have on oneself. Many people take their health for granted, not noticing the harmful physical and psychological damage the toxin can have on someone. My sister Sophie faces an everyday breathing complication due to having a paralyzed vocal cord. With this comes a struggle to do basic activities. Although her medical history does not involve the influence of drugs, the solution to a stable childhood breathing pattern is the same to a person who has been influenced by drugs. She is faced with challenges that the normal being sees as child’s play. The realities of smoking are dangerous, including blackened lungs and cancer filled windpipes. Witnessing this, I wanted to display how people are buying their health away through drugs and taking for granted with what nature has given.
By placing the photos side-by-side I was able to display how smoking may seem as an innocent-rolled up-feel good paper, but causes more damage then thought of. My photo displays the “Respect Yourself” motto by showing how respecting yourself can lead to a happy, balanced, and healthy life. Smoking can cause a struggle to breathing and lead consumers to rely on a tracheotomy. By showing my sister with a tracheotomy, I was able to personally show that some do not have the choice of being dependent on breathing, so it is the audience’s responsibility to respect themselves in order to not face the health consequences of doing harmful drugs.
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AuthorMaddy Cuppett, an exploring, excited photography student in the learning. Archives
June 2017
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