Veronika Mercado_ Portfolio

Awareness This series of photographs was produced in an effort to bring awareness to the horrors of human trafficking, a trade industry that violates human rights in order to exploit labor for profit. This act of modern day slavery is estimated to have enslaved over 40.3 million victims globally (according to the International Labour Organization).

The stark composition of these black and white images was intended to confront the viewer with a jarring depiction of the emotional solitude and loss of freedom that overtake victims of trafficking. The series is also inteded to encourage viewers to take action and give noise to the silence that surrounds this ring of organized crime.