©Kathy Shorr, Ondelee: Shot in the face as a 14 year old by a boy who had an argument with him at a house party. He has forgiven the shooter because he knew he could not move on if he harbored hate. His mom had to quit her job to care for him. Chicago, Illinois 2009
©Kathy Shorr, Marlys: Shot through the heart by her husband of 41 years. Canoga Park, California 1999
©Kathy Shorr, Cori- Shot in the neck by the still at large, “Colorado highway sniper” When her Holiday Inn shift ended at 11 pm , she got in her car and began to drive home. While on the road headed for the freeway, she stopped at a red light. In the next instant her driver side window shattered and as glass fell over her, she realized that she had been shot. The sniper’s car drove off. Fort Collins, Colorado 2015
Kathy Shorr uses environmental portraits to talk about gun violence. Her project SHOT forces the viewer to confront the victims of gun violence, rather than see them as a statistic. She brings each person back and photographs them in the place where they were shot. Shot focuses on the controversial issue of guns in America. She allows for victims of gun violence to share a small snippet of the story that accompanies their portrait. Shorr does a pretty good job at being unbiased, I did not personally feel like this project is an anti-gun campaign. I enjoyed the variety of portraits and I loved reading the stories. It was a new perspective that most don't hear/associate with gun violence--the survivor.
Just thinking of the journey it had to be for the subjects. The way she captures them in such a calm state adds to the story of how people can move on.
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