The Girl in the Red Cloak

Charli Savage - Photographer / Artist

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When I shot this image, it started out as an experimentation. I wanted to capture the movement of the fabric in the cloak and create a 'Red Riding Hood' style piece, however, it came to mean so much more to me.

Not too long before I shot this, the world broke with the news of Sarah Everard’s murder by a UK policeman, Wayne Couzens. This horrible event sparked a worldwide debate where women started speaking up about feeling unsafe in their day-to-day lives.

What scared me about Sarah’s story, aside from the obvious, is how I used to walk alone at night along those same streets she was kidnapped from, during my time living in Clapham Common in London for a year in my early 20s. As I edited this image, I thought about how fortunate I felt that I got home safely all those nights I’d walked alone, and how wrong that is. I should have the right to walk alone at night without fearing for my safety, as should every person.

This Red Riding Hood concept became a representation of this movement brought about by Sarah’s death. Of a woman’s right to walk the world alone without fear.

This image represents a powerful story in taking a stance against the bad in the world, and standing up for your rights.

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• Photograph on paper
• All prints are limited edition fine art Giclèe prints in 3 different sizes
• Paper: Archival Standard Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308GSM Fine Art Paper
• Prints include a 1-inch-square white border (for the smallest size) and a 2-inch-square white border (for the 2 larger sizes) with edition number on bottom left and artist’s signature on bottom right, all handwritten in pencil.
• Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Bill of Sale
• Prints are unframed
• Prints are carefully packaged and shipped in a strong postal cylindrical tube

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EDITION INFO
12x12in / 30.5x30.5cm – Edition of 10 + 2 AP
20x20in / 50.8x50.8cm – Edition of 5 + 1 AP
30x30in / 76.2x76.2cm – Edition of 2 + 1 AP (Sold Out)

AP = Artist’s Proof