'Proof Of Something That Happened' - Samuel Gibbs



 A crumpled tissue, stained and discarded, lies among fragments and dirt - a quite aftermath with no visible event. The red interrupts the darkness like evidence that refuses to disappear. 

This image isn't about what happened, but the trace it left behind. Something human, something fragile, something we usually hide - now exposed in the open, abandoned and undeniable. 

It ask's a simple uneasy question: 


How much of ourselves do we throw away just to keep things looking clean? 

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