Religious Sadness

RELIGIOUS SADNESS “ALL THROUGH THE AGES EXTREMISTS HAVE USED THEIR BELIEF AS AN ALIBI TO KILL AND SUPPRESS INNOCENT PEOPLE” BUT NOT ONLY THE KILLING OF INNOCENTS. WITHIN EACH FAITH COME DISTRESSING CASES OF WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CHILDREN IN THE NAME OF FAITH. I AM FASCINATED BY RELIGION AND ALSO BY WHAT PEOPLE MAKE OF IT, ALTHOUGH THE LATTER DETESTED ME. PEOPLE USE RELIGION TO CONQUER THEIR FEARS AND IN THE NASTY CASES THAT AGAINST THE WEAK AND THE DEVIANT FROM THE NORM ANYONE WHO IS DIFFERENT THAN THE EXECUTOR OF FAITH WILL HAVE TO GO. IN THIS TIME OF ADVANCING EXTREMISM, I CATCH MYSELF THAT I EVEN FRIGHTENED TO CLEARLY SPEAK OUT AGAINST ME TO MAKE A STATEMENT, BUT I CAN STILL HOLD ME. IN MY IMAGES, I PREFER TO MAKE AESTHETIC PICTURES BUT IN THIS CASE FILLED WITH SYMBOLISM. PERHAPS IT IS SAFER TO KEEP SO SYMBOLIC ONLY THE TRULY INTERESTED AND A GOOD VIEWER SEES WHAT’S GOING ON. FOR THOSE WHO STILL LIKE TO REQUIRE SOME EXPLANATION; IT’S ABOUT CIRCUMCISION, CHILD MARRIAGE, NOT NORMAL CHILD MAY BE BECAUSE YOU APPEAR TO BE AND THE LACK OF FREEDOM TO CHOOSE AND WHAT THAT HAPPENS INDOORS. A CHOSEN I DELIBERATELY APPROACHED ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE YOU MIGHT START THINKING THAT THE EXTREME OCCURS MOSTLY IN AFRICA AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES EASILY. BUT IN EVERY RELIGION LIES THE DANGER OF EXTREMISM, OPPRESSION AND DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY. CREDITS MODELS: ODETTE BAHATI, TANI LEISINK, ISABEAU LEEGWATER, SARAH PRINCEN MUA: SASKIA WAGENVOORT STYLING: RAYMOND BREKEVELD PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART DIRECTION: JENNY BOO