So yesterday I took this image and I wanted to say a little something about it that's been eating me up inside.
As much as I am ecstatic I got the photo I feel guilty and sick about it also. I never want to portray Aboriginal people in a bad light and what this man has done is disgusting but still his aboriginality represents me, my identity. When people speak about these photos they will talk about his aboriginality and that ties into me. I'm trying to figure out how I feel about this right now because I don't care for the man but I care about what this means for how my people are viewed.
This image made be more sad and sick then I realised that I needed to take a moment somewhere alone.
But I also realise that if I want to be the one to photograph the good I also have to be able to do the bad.
