The family portrait is the supporting visualisation for the modern nuclear family. It is a symbol for unity and sound structure, a celebratory representation of togetherness. Yet, when photographer Stephanie Sinclair uses family portraiture to explore the issue of child marriage in the contemporary global context, these associations are swiftly replaced by unsettling thoughts.
Too Young To Wed uses a combination of stills, video and interview to communicate the story of women who have been mentally and physically abused through the practice of forced child marriage in India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nepal and Ethiopia. Through the power of the image, this film will tattoo gender inequality to the viewers consciousness, preventing the it from following other global issues in the vacuum of social injustice.
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