Priscilla Frank “Photographer Documents What Students Wore When They Were Sexually Assaulted” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/photographer-documents-what-women-wore-when-they-were-sexually-assaulted_us_5720e652e4b0f309baef5868
レイプなどの性犯罪の被害者は屡々、その時どんな服を着ていたのかという質問を受ける。これは仮令訊く側に悪気がない場合でも、被害者の責任を不当に問う結果になってしまうし、加害者を「守る」ということにもなる。
アーケイディア大学*1 の「写真専攻」の学生Katherine Cambareri*2はレイプ被害者が被害に遭ったときに着ていた服の写真を撮っている。
For her photo series, Cambareri reached out to survivors of sexual assault on Facebook, asking them to bravely share instances in which they experienced sexual advances without their consent. Only female college students responded to the request, thus narrowing the scope of the project. Cambareri then asked the women if she could photograph the clothes they were wearing when they were assaulted.
〈事件〉とは換喩的な関係を有している服たち。しかし、あらゆるコンテクストを剥ぎ取られ、黒い地の上に置かれて撮られている。これによって、服たちはありふれた何処にでもありそうなただの服という本性を露呈し、（Katherine Cambareriが望んでいるように）観る者が立場を想像的に交換することを容易にすることになるといえる。
“Society assumes that victims wear revealing clothing when they are sexually assaulted,” she said. But as her images attempt to show, that’s not only an inaccurate assumption, it’s a harmful one that downplays the fact that the person at fault is always the perpetrator, and never the victim of assault.
See also
“College Student Debunks Sexual Assault Myths with Compelling Photo Series” http://www.breakthecycle.org/blog/college-student-debunks-sexual-assault-myths-compelling-photo-series
