Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer

Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer View all images ↓
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Using photography to depict a too common and painful reality, the Bangladeshi artist guides us through his mother's personal journey.

Domestic violence is widespread in Bangladesh, and it is exacerbated by women's socioeconomic status being subjugated to men, as well as the socially constructed gender role of men being superior to women. These violent acts are so common that two-thirds of women in Bangladesh, approximately 70 per cent, have been victims of domestic violence, and 72.7 per cent have never disclosed their experience to others.

In a similar vein, my mother never revealed to anyone about her tormented psyche, but at a time when patience and endurance exceeded the extreme, my mother divorced my father in 2005 after 22 years of their physical and psychologically abusive relationship. 

The days that followed their separation were excruciatingly agonizing. My mother has never fully recovered from the shock of having to part from her beloved until this point. Her trauma kept her suicidal year after year, and she was also prone to self-harm. At the time, she would often beat me because of her disquieted mentality. That traumatic experience from my childhood has a huge impact on my psychological and behavioural state of despair.

“Red” is a multilateral autobiographical ephemeris that ideates the psychological catastrophe of familial trauma. The emotive and acutely ambivalent imageries of this chronicle invite one to an atmosphere of buried anguish that is slowly coming to luminescence and alternatively fades with constant intensification.

Words and pictures by Faysal Zaman 

Faysal Zaman is a visual artist, born and raised in the southern province of Bangladesh. His artistic practice investigates the psychical compass of socio-political currency, which is often rooted in implicit experiences. Concomitantly, his practice efficaciously confronts and criticizes the socio-political fabrics rather than simply demonstrating or elucidating them.​ Follow him on Instagram and PhMuseum. 

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This feature is part of Story of the Week, a selection of relevant projects from our community handpicked by the PhMuseum curators.

Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer
Through the Case of His Own Mother, Faysal Zaman Addresses the Violence that Many Women Suffer

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