==Challenge #7 - Mildred Hayes==
https://64.media.tumblr.com/0971580b54e153a8b276e1abd757d3ca/c41fb8a9bfd37574-fe/s500x750/86277b0a19bce9896b0996ba94989b0bf956b977.png For those of you who are unaware of the story of Mildred Hayes, she serves as the protagonist of the story, after her daughter was raped and killed by a man, she strove towards justice, and seeked revenge throughout.
She even goes as far as setting the police station on fire and buying billboards to protest the justice system because her daughter is not getting the justice she deserved to get, it ends with Mildred going out with Dixon to kill a man that was known to kill and rape woman, which the ending is ambiguous on what her final decision is.
I decided for my photo here there are going to be multiple layers, first the facial expression which reads anger, vengeful, wanting justice for a daughter I lost. The flowers I hold are representing the daughter, both representing her when she was full of life but now dead like the flowers look, but also representing the justice she doesn't have. As in they were full of life when placing it on the grave, but do to how long justice took, they have wilted and died.
The final addition I'd like to point out is the paint smudges in the background, to represent the smudges how many sexual assault cases go without justice because of the times, and even nowadays. Showing the messiness and the truthfulness of what reality is.