Let's Talk About Rape
Dublin Core
Title
Let's Talk About Rape
2400.PER.BRONTÉ
Subject
Documentary
Description
LET’S TALK ABOUT RAPE is a collaborative documentary photography project rooted in therapeutic photography, photography as activism, and survivor-led self-portraiture.
Created by Jadwiga Brontē in collaboration with 20 survivors of sexual violence from around the world, the book brings together powerful self-portraits and personal testimonies in 11 languages.
At the heart of the project is photography as a therapeutic and empowering process. Each survivor holds the remote shutter release, choosing the exact moment their portrait is taken. This simple but significant act shifts control and authorship back to the survivor, allowing them to reclaim their image, identity and narrative.
Photography becomes both a tool for personal empowerment and a form of visual activism, challenging the silence, shame, stigma and victim-blaming surrounding sexual violence.
Rather than portraying survivors through victimhood, the project presents them through dignity, strength and agency. Together, their portraits and testimonies form a collective act of resistance, challenging how society sees, understands and responds to sexual violence.
The book includes an essay by Alessia Glaviano and supports the ongoing work of Let’s Talk About Rape®, a UK-registered charity dedicated to survivor empowerment, education and challenging the stigma surrounding sexual violence.
Created by Jadwiga Brontē in collaboration with 20 survivors of sexual violence from around the world, the book brings together powerful self-portraits and personal testimonies in 11 languages.
At the heart of the project is photography as a therapeutic and empowering process. Each survivor holds the remote shutter release, choosing the exact moment their portrait is taken. This simple but significant act shifts control and authorship back to the survivor, allowing them to reclaim their image, identity and narrative.
Photography becomes both a tool for personal empowerment and a form of visual activism, challenging the silence, shame, stigma and victim-blaming surrounding sexual violence.
Rather than portraying survivors through victimhood, the project presents them through dignity, strength and agency. Together, their portraits and testimonies form a collective act of resistance, challenging how society sees, understands and responds to sexual violence.
The book includes an essay by Alessia Glaviano and supports the ongoing work of Let’s Talk About Rape®, a UK-registered charity dedicated to survivor empowerment, education and challenging the stigma surrounding sexual violence.
Creator
Jadwiga Brontē & 20 survivor co-authors:
1. Aline Kanega — Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Aleksandra Wierzbowska — Poland
3. Ángela María Escobar — Colombia
4. Ciara Mangan — Ireland
5. Consolee Nishimwe — Rwanda
6. Dominga Concepción Martínez Díaz — Guatemala
7. Elena de Paz Santiago — Guatemala
8. Elisabeth Hatieno — Kenya
9. Ellie Wilson — United Kingdom
10. Faryal Saeed Talal — Iraq
11. Francesca Svanera — Italy
12. Halima Hussein — Iraq
13. Jaqueline Mutere — Kenya
14. Natalie Fleet — United Kingdom
15. Najma Haji Khadida — Iraq
16. Nancy Gómez Ramos — Colombia
17. Olena Apchel — Ukraine
18. Shumu Haque — Bangladesh
19. Shyrete Tahiri — Kosovo
20. Vasfije Krasniqi — Kosovo
1. Aline Kanega — Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Aleksandra Wierzbowska — Poland
3. Ángela María Escobar — Colombia
4. Ciara Mangan — Ireland
5. Consolee Nishimwe — Rwanda
6. Dominga Concepción Martínez Díaz — Guatemala
7. Elena de Paz Santiago — Guatemala
8. Elisabeth Hatieno — Kenya
9. Ellie Wilson — United Kingdom
10. Faryal Saeed Talal — Iraq
11. Francesca Svanera — Italy
12. Halima Hussein — Iraq
13. Jaqueline Mutere — Kenya
14. Natalie Fleet — United Kingdom
15. Najma Haji Khadida — Iraq
16. Nancy Gómez Ramos — Colombia
17. Olena Apchel — Ukraine
18. Shumu Haque — Bangladesh
19. Shyrete Tahiri — Kosovo
20. Vasfije Krasniqi — Kosovo
Publisher
Jadwiga Brontē / Let’s Talk About Rape®
Date
2026
Format
Hardback; GardaMatt Rough, Munken Pure and Wibalin papers; typeset in Mundial and Borna
Photobook Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
22.8 × 16.5
Number of Pages
304
Number of images
37
Edition Size
350
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
Designer
Ania Nałęcka-Milach
Printer
Drukmania, Poznań, Poland
ISBN
9781036957421
Website
www.jadwigabronte.com
URL Link to project
www.letstalkaboutrape.org
Where to buy
https://jadwiga-brontes-shop.bigcartel.com/product/lets-talk-about-rape
Links to reviews
https://www.vogue.com/article/lets-talk-about-rape-photography-as-testimony-resistance-and-repair
Collection
Citation
Jadwiga Brontē, “Let's Talk About Rape ,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed October 13, 2026, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/2400.