Slice of Gabi
cuz you may not be able to handle the whole thing
Unforgotten
I chose to pick up a camera 2010, and from then on, my love blossomed for the endless possibilities for creating messages without words. This message is something similar to mine. I grew up without parents and without stability. As a child, it was heartbreaking for me. As an adult, I find ways to express that we need to bring awareness to children who are forced to grow up too quickly, for whatever reason.
A boy sleeps on a mattress that is much too small in an abandoned lot.
Not everyone has a picture-perfect situation with two stable parents. I’ve met orphans stealing on the street to survive. I’ve met children in a treatment facility that have both parents, but the parents don’t pay attention to their children because they’re more worried about where they’re going to get their next fix, or they’re not even around because they are in prison and their kids are left to fend for themselves.
This horrible situation needs to change now. The children need us to pay attention. That is why I chose to focus on children in dire situations, whether they are battling their own issues and don’t want to live with their parents, or their parents have forced them to learn survive before learning how to play.
A girl sits outside of a house that is no longer considered inhabitable due to a major fire that started from a cigarrette.
A girl hugs her doll after seeing her dad in the bathroom passed out. She looked in the fridge only to see beers and random dressings. The house has water damage, fire damage, and is now a common grounds for squatters.
A daugher checked in on her dad that was passed out.
Two friends share a jacket together in a cold winter morning outside a gas station that they're waiting to go into, but has yet to open.
A boy heads to school ignoring his dad that he's used to seeing strung out on the porch.