Allie Crewe

BJP 365 Winner 2021 Abuse in the home and church.

The next morning when I got up for school there was blood all over the living room.

 A senior police officer but violence behind closed doors. 

He waited until he was 80 to speak about his childhood

 I look angry here, I am angry.

Having a successful acting career does not protect a woman

I have an M.A.  I am a proud black woman, mother, sister, friend.

 After trauma we may heal and grow.

With his boots and fists he broke my back.

We are all transforming. It is part of life.

His father murdered his mother and sister.

 I want to be around others like me that understand the codes of domestic abuse and racial trauma.

Transgender people experience intimate partner abuse

 It's my choice now

what colour I paint, what clothes I want to wear

Life changing injuries, she became a reiki master to heal others.

Photograph this scar here on my neck.

It is my belief we can all heal from our past.

I think often as women we are taught and told not to be angry.

 A long unhappy marriage, her charity just won a national award. 

Runs a charity for survivors of domestic abuse.

It didn’t escalate until I fell pregnant at 18.

Holocaust survivor and psychotherapist. 40 year sentence of abuse in marriage. 

Physiotherapist. Now living abroad.

I am on a journey to loving myself again

My wheelchair can make me a target for certain men.

We talked about reframing the gaze and how portraiture isn't just about being looked at – it's about looking right back.

 My baby kept me going through some very difficult years.

She is highly educated.

Nurse. Education and learning was priceless to make a change.

Father, survivor.

I've kept the battle hidden put on a brave face, put on my mask so no one would know.

Motivational speaker for abuse and a survivor.

I am confronting something so personal through the lens of someone I have only just met.

Cancer nurse.

I need to remain hidden.

A true warrior

A harrowing story about a daughter.