Childhood fears are often not rationally understood or easily articulated. They can be real or imagined, felt physically or mentally, yet all of these experiences are equally powerful.
“If I keep my eyes closed” is one of the key pieces in “Childhood Fears” by Samantha Everton. The dangers of the imagination that we feel in childhood are just as potent as the fears felt in reality. They are universal, often not rationally understood or easily articulated, but span cultural and social divides, intrinsically connecting all in one common thread. “I wanted this image to have a ghostly, other-worldly feel about it, as if in a dream like state, which juxtaposed against the reality of the situation”.
“Night without darkness”
“Invisible children”
“Imaginations of the night”
“Losing breath”
“The space between acceptance”
“Don't let go”
“If I keep my eyes closed”
“Unable to speak”
“Chasing shadows”
“Fear of understanding”
“Holding on”
“Confronting aloneness”
“She who dreams”
“The suffocation of fear”
“Silent”
“Whisper”
