With every harmful situation or relationship, there will come a time when we inevitably break away and thus undergo change - a flourishing transformation as we escape our confinements. Working with photographic practices and technology, this is explored through symbolism. Collaged characters in wedding dresses represent fear and restriction, as weddings at their most sinister mask lost autonomy for women. By physically dismantling the figures and reclaiming qualities once lost, it symbolises overcoming one’s binds to toxicity. In a greater cultural sense, I aim to portray how young women can succumb to societal pressures, suppressing themselves to fit a mould.