Tara Darby, Photographer, New York

Description

The video shows white text appearing on a black screen. The text reveals a story of loss, beginning with the sentence, “In 2011 I lost almost all of my family in an accident on the East River.” The following text then appears, reading, “In 2016, my father, the only remaining survivor of the accident, died after a long battle with cancer.” More text is then displayed, stating, “Processing grief and releasing trauma is a life's work.” After that, the final text reads, “Dancing became my ritual for survival.” Lastly, a short snippet of a video of 2 children is shown.