Like many of us Photographer Chenoa Maxwell had her life’s struggles, but found self expression and self love in acting and photography. To share that self-love with others she created a one-day public art installation “Awaken Love,” to serve as a beacon of light during turbulent times.
Sponsored by The 8 App, Maxwell created an intimate booth in New York’s Union Square beautifully decorated with paper pastel-colored flowers to represent love, generosity and strength, where she shot portraits (her signature art) of passers by. “I believe that photographs are amazing artifacts of life. You can always look at them and they take moments that tell stories through time,” Maxwell explained. The portraits were shared on The 8 App to share the subjects story and inspire others to find self-love through life’s challenges.
Maxwell’s positive vibrations to lift up spirits and spread a message didn’t go unnoticed, as people of all walks of life, ages, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, couples, friends, police officers — even pets — came together in New York City to successfully “Awaken Love.” The portraits were to serve as a moment of reflection, an opportunity to search deep within us and find that self-love that Maxwell once needed to find as a teenager. The “Awaken Love” installation taught us to cancel out the noise, chaos and negative aura around us.
Check out a video recap of the experience HERE on The 8 App
Check out the portraits HERE on The 8 App