Gemotions

"Look, honey!" Her husband pointed to the television screen. "They used your photos!" Sarah, a documentary photographer, felt a cold wave wash over her. Her pictures of the homeless crisis had been used for a commercial, promoting a new line of designer clothing.

She felt a hollowness in her chest. Her hands went numb. The carefully constructed narrative of compassion she'd strived for had been replaced with a slick advertisement for consumerism.

She watched, frozen, as the commercial played out, her images fleeting, manipulated. She could feel the anger bubbling inside her, a slow, corrosive burn.