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By Sophie Kim
D2, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Migraine and headaches have been part of my
life for many years. At some points in my life the headaches never seemed go away and I started to forget what a completely
clear head even felt like. And I know many others share the same experience. In undergraduate, I worked on building products to better understand and alleviate the disruption
that headaches can create for so many individuals. In my user interviews one of the common themes was the frustration in communicating just how disruptive the state can be
when it is so invisible to everyone else.
While I was walking through a hallway after taking some other portraits, I noticed a particularly strong leak of light hitting one of the walls. I immediately asked my model to
stand in it and angled my camera to create a harsh division between the light and shadow. The model took a second to shade their eyes from the light and this is the moment
captured in this piece. When I looked at the photo on the lcd screen the image immediately resonated with my experience with migraine, capturing an invisible experience by
playing with light and shadow. I wonder if others will view this photo and feel the same way.
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