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BODIES IN TRAUMA

Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017

Using color and body language to express emotions of chaos, pain, and disconnection, Bodies in Trauma confronts the seriousness of mental health, healing, and the detrimental destruction it can cause within us if ignored. Trauma can be communicated verbally and nonverbally, and in order to help others and even ourselves, we must be aware of it first. 

Bodies in Trauma (2017) works as a two-part project, both a short film and a photo series, focusing on the pain, chaos, and disconnection trauma leaves behind in our bodies. A few months into therapy, my therapist encouraged me to take a 16-week group class titled, Bodies and Trauma. In this class, I learned what trauma is (a loss of connection to ourselves, our bodies, our families, and the world around us) and how it is stored in our bodies, even if the traumatic event(s) happened years prior or in early childhood.

Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017


DIRECTOR
Ciarra K. Walters
Chase Johnson

PHOTOGRAPHER
Ciarra K. Walters

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Chase Johnson

COSTUME DESIGNER
Mariah Ruff 

MAKEUP ARTIST
 
Erin Pea

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PERFORMERS
Jessica Payne 
B.Stewart
Yared Yonas
Chase Johnson


EDITOR
 
Jackson Kroopf 

 

Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
Ciarra K. Walters, Untitled (from the series Bodies in Trauma), Joshua Tree, 2017
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