I Am

• Photographer
  Sarmite Bogdanovica

The photo serie is a loud scream and a soul’s whisper about the existence of a girl named Agnese. It is mostly about the existence that, despite the loud diagnosis (Down syndrome), is of equal value to all other children of her age. Over and over again she has to prove how she is She in her essence – smart and beautiful, happy or, quite on the contrary, sad and angry, witty and full of humour. Just as everyone around her, she desires to be heard out, understood, and noticed. And her wisdom – it does not always fit in the boundaries of generally accepted norms, is rather even somewhere beyond..