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LewaNana Pinkey
Todd Hido
From "Khrystyna's world"

2015

When I lost my home in a fire and our family had to move into my grandmother's house it was 3 people in one full sized bed. 1 adult, a senior in High School and a pre-teen. No one ever fit comfortably. So, I often went to sleep on the couch. My grandmother suffers from OCD and our family not having enough space for all of our stuff was often a fighting point. There wasn't much privacy either so I often went out as much as possible to distract myself from the reality. I often found myself in my car. Late night or early morning, I used the silence to feel free to let out my frustrations with how life was going. Here I felt I could cry, I could laugh, I could sing, or paint and I didn't have to worry about anyone bothering me until I made the decision to come back inside. The loneliness of this photo by Todd Hido brings back 4 in the morning I accidentally slept in the car memories. Sometimes it was where I wanted to sleep. Sometimes my car was the best getaway my money could buy.