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Interview with Young Survivor of Domestic Violence
donna ferrato
May 19, 2017
I recently had a conversation with a young survivor of domestic violence who lives in Kosovo. He hopes to expand awareness of domestic violence in his country and I was glad to speak with him. 

"Through all my childhood I have been exposed to domestic violence. As a little child it was very hard to cope with the terrible feeling of seeing my mother being an obedient wife just for the sake of her children. I had no strength to do something that could wipe away her tears and stop the hand of my father from beating us. I was always looking for a way to speak it out, to tell people how harmful domestic violence is and make them understand. I have been following Donna Ferrato's work since a year now, and everytime I scroll to her photographs I relate myself to them..."

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Donna Ferrato Photography

Donna Ferrato is an internationally-known documentary photographer. Photographer, activist, photojournalist. Living with the Enemy, Love & Lust, TriBeCa, Erotic Eye, Workshops, New York City-based. Stories of domestic violence and abuse, gender-based violence, women's rights, trans and transgender rights, portraits, rock'n'roll, guns'n'roses, nirvana
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