“Raw” was an early attempt to merge photography and thearpy. These photos are a blend of a traditional photo shoot and candid shots of the participant in her chosen environment, with things from her home and ideas from her personal experience with emotion and self-image. “That day I felt dead inside. Worthless. Tragic. Crying one minute and laughing the next. My emotions were all over the board. It was exhausting and confusing. When I see the photos now I see beauty in being a human. I see emotion in being raw. I see me and I am now ok with me. I see that the human experience is different for all of us although similar in many ways. When the photo shoot was done I felt a sense of relief at having gotten many negative emotions out of my body and mind.” – Melissa Walker