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Left Behind: The Suicide Survivors

Head On Photo Festival 2012
Kerry Payne
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Kerry Payne
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Location: Venue 1 Balmain and Venue 2 Town Hall Station 349 Darling Street, Balmain & Platform 3, Town Hall Station Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Entry Fee: Free

     “There is an epidemic.  One that claims a million victims a year, leaving twenty

       million fractured lives in its wake.

       It is largely unspoken of, shrouded in stigma.

       Those left behind are the Suicide Survivors. These are their stories. Their stories

       are mine.

       On June 12, 2001, my father scrawled a goodbye note on a scrap of paper, strung a

       rope to a rafter, stepped off a stool and ended his life.

       For six years I never spoke of it, determined to bury my pain by living every day

       with a full agenda. It was a strategy that almost worked, pulling me forward in

       awkward strides. This was his choice.  I refused to allow it to change me.

       But of course it did.  How could it not? “

Kerry Payne is an Australian photographer based in New York City.  Her current project explores the complicated grief facing those left behind when somebody they love dies by suicide.  She is drawn to the healing power of photography – a tool for acknowledging emotions as guides to the path of happiness. 

There will also be an additional exhibition on a billboard on 114 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

 

 

This event has concluded
Dates: -
Location: Venue 1 Balmain and Venue 2 Town Hall Station 349 Darling Street, Balmain & Platform 3, Town Hall Station Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Entry Fee: Free

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