Healing Ever So Slowly by Kaelin Hanrattie

Shooting film takes my worries off the shot being perfect. While I was recovering from my surgery, that’s how I took pictures for the most part, on film. That way it was spontaneous. I had something to look forward to.

Kaelin Hanrattie was born in Vietnam but has been raised all of her life in the US, mostly Indiana. She struggles with mental illness, chronic pain, and also understanding her identity in a conservative state. She loves photography and writing above all other interests. They keep her going day to day.