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The poem
“Invictus” by William Ernest Henley has been the inspiration for my
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"Light Emanating
From Darkness" portfolio; it is the verbal counterpart to my images.
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“OUT of the
night that covers me,
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Black as the Pit
from pole to pole,
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I thank whatever
gods may be
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For my
unconquerable soul”
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My images
attempt to convey pride but not arrogance, to communicate strength
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and
perseverance. The light in my work represents that spirit.
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“In the fell
clutch of circumstance
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I have not
winced nor cried aloud.
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Under the
bludgeoning of chance
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My head is
bloody, but unbowed”
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Darkness is a
part of life and a characteristic of my images, but
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light radiates
out from the shadows in the photographs.
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“Beyond this
place of wrath and tears
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Looms but the
Horror of the shade,
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And yet the
menace of the years
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Finds, and shall
find, me unafraid”
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“Light Emanating
From Darkness” is a message of hope, of pride and self-
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determination,
which is the concept and soul of my work. This portfolio
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is about the
struggle of light against darkness that we experience as humans.
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“It matters not
how strait the gate,
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How charged with
punishments the scroll,
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I am the master
of my fate:
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I am the captain
of my soul”
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“Light Emanating
From Darkness” is the message that light cannot be
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overcome or
suppressed.
