Simon D. Emond - Say My Name

This book's haunting black-and-white images began as frames from wedding and family portraits that Simon Emond created during his years as a photographer-while still bearing the scars of relentless bullying for being gay. Through meticulous post-production processes, he re-works these photographs into surreal self-portraits, turning his former clients into unwitting participants in a visual exorcism of his demons. The book's title deliberately invites us all to speak his name, not to give it power, but to take it away, to break its hold on him and free him from torment.