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“The essence of trauma is that it overwhelms the brain's ability to cope with reality. Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body.” (Bessel van der Kolk in: The body keeps the score). Traumas, experiences from your early life, you store and carry with you in your body. In my work I investigate the human body as a carrier of previous experiences, in an attempt to give meaning to my own story. By visualizing what I cannot put into words, I process my past and show my inner self in all its facets. I damage photos of female nudes in uncomfortable positions in deserted places to a greater or lesser extent, and then restore them in a certain way, whereby the 'scars' remain visible. With this I want to illustrate elusive trauma.