o, break, my heart


  • Photographer
    Penelope Stone
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

o, break, my heart is an exploration of my own psyche and how it has been shaped by Southern culture. Femininity in the South is rooted deeply in family and faith. I have never truly fit into these ideals, even when trying. I have always found the idea of performative womanhood to be uncomfortable and exhausting. While I have a love for my childhood, I carry with me a deep frustration with adolescence. These images reveal my secret fears and desires and thoughts, things I have never told anyone or even put into words.

Story

o, break, my heart is an exploration of my own psyche and how it has been shaped by Southern culture. Femininity in the South is rooted deeply in family and faith. I have never truly fit into these ideals, even when trying. I have always found the idea of performative womanhood to be uncomfortable and exhausting. While I have a love for my childhood, I carry with me a deep frustration with adolescence. These images reveal my secret fears and desires and thoughts, things I have never told anyone or even put into words.
I created images that are obsessive and disturbing, a perversion of faith and understanding. They juxtapose classical understanding of still life with contemporary and personal struggles. These are reflections of my own behaviors, emotions, and experiences, presented the only way I know how.

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