Believe

• Photographer
  Sarah Barker
• Photo Date
  2025

Sharna Southwell is a human rights activist who uses cosplay to challenge war-driven profiteering. By embodying idealised feminine characters, she reclaims them to promote justice, compassion, and human dignity. Her work exposes how beauty and consumerism are used to distract from war and suffering. Blending activism, artifice, and authenticity, her portrait invites reflection on resistance and the role of personal conviction in confronting global indifference.