Releasing Pain Through Underwater Photography
Podcast |
Rightnowish
Publisher |
KQED
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Arts
Bay Area
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jan 14, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:15:49
Erena Shimoda takes photos underwater. She creates majestic images of people in pools. Her subjects can be seen posing in wheelchairs, dancing with tulle, adorned in mermaid attire, or wrapped in Shibari ropes. Some of her models are people who've lived through physical or mental trauma. Erena helps them slip into water, release their experiences, and hopefully reemerge anew. It's a nod to religious practices around water, like baptisms in Catholicism, the holy dips in India's Ganges River and the water meditations of Shintoism rooted in Erena's motherland, Japan. It's also a healing practice backed by science. As we dive deeper into the new year, this episode we're talking to Erena about her journey photographing the healing power of water.  

This episode currently has no reviews.

Submit Review
This episode could use a review!

This episode could use a review! Have anything to say about it? Share your thoughts using the button below.

Submit Review