It Starts With Silence
ISBN-13: 9783969000229
Contributor(s): Richard Gosnold
Subject: Photography & Photographs
Publisher Imprint: Kehrer Verlag
Publication Date: 29-06-2021
Format: Hardback
Availability: In stock
£35.99
About the book
It Starts With Silence is a poignant story, in which the artist takes the reader on a deeply personal journey, as he searches for understanding and solace. Richard Gosnold and his wife were told, at twenty weeks' gestation, that their expected baby was fatally ill. If the baby survived birth, she would suffer terrible pain, until she stopped breathing. Abortion was illegal in Northern Ireland, so Denise was forced to carry the dying foetus. Employing photography, texts and ephemera, Gosnold powerfully communicates the complexities of his emotional state, while he reflects on baby loss and lack of access to reproductive healthcare.