Disney-Inspired Princesses Painfully Project Real World Problems In Photo Series

Much of your personality is shaped by your surroundings as a kid. Growing up, you could have picked up some behaviors from the people around you and perhaps even from watching many Disney films.

Alcoholism

For her class project, photography major at Antonelli Institute Shannon Dermody decided to educate adults on real world problems using familiar childhood role models.

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Tobacco

“The concept I created was to show awareness of problems that is going on in the world today,” Shannon explains. “So I decided to use characters that are held in a very high manner to show real world problems that greatly impact todays society.”

Police Brutality

Domestic Violence

Pollution

Rape

Sex Trafficking

Heroin

Suicide

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