/ 2024 / Portraiture / Self-Portrait

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Eden Reiner, United States
• Date of Photograph
  5/7/2024
• Studio
  Eden Reiner Photography
• Website
  https://www.edenreinerphotography.com
• Instagram
  @edenreinerphotog

I suffer from chronic pain in my face. “Trigeminal neuralgia…is sometimes described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity.“ (AANS) It appears as an intense, electric shock-like pain followed by stabbing sensations, subsiding into a dull ache and fatigue. It can be triggered by chewing, smiling, talking, or a gentle breeze hitting my face. There is no known cure, and medical treatments have proved ineffective. The only relief I have found is through acupuncture. There is a strange juxtaposition between the discomfort of having needles stuck in my face and the healing they bring.

Awards Official Selection, International Photography Awards 2023