Unwanted Devotion
Unwanted Devotion explores the struggles of the effects of practicing catholicism into practicing self harm. Catholicism often comes with a sense of guilt to a person who no longer practices. From devoting to the Holy Trinity, to devoting to a practice of self-hate, the shame and remorse of catholic guilt come into consciousness when a follower now despises the person they have become and feels they have nowhere else to turn.
The work in Unwanted Devotion has been featured in Pennsiviana College of Art & Design's Photography Hallway Gallery located in Lancaster, PA, for their Advanced Photography Exhibition from December 2024 to January 2025.
Sam Yesko, 2025
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