bensaccone:

My Final Project for this semester. 

Title: “Disconnection”

By: Ben Saccone

“The purpose of this project was to relay a message, share a story, evoke emotion or photograph something of our interest. Through a series of self portraits, using the method of long exposure, I decided to show the disconnection that I have between my mind and my body. I’m not always open about my trans identity and the way I feel a lot of the time. But the thing is, my life has so much more to it. Sometimes life happens so quickly, and then all at once it pauses. And I have moments where I have to look in the mirror and ask myself “Who are you? What are you doing with your life? Who do you want to be?” I don’t always have the answers to these questions. I find myself on transit a lot of the time, daydreaming about what I could be like or what my life would have been like if certain scenarios had worked out differently or maybe even if I had been born with a body that matched my mind. But I don’t pity myself. I’m not a sad person. Sometimes it’s hard to see through the haze.

I wouldn’t say I’m lost, sometimes I just feel disconnected.”