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When photographer Sophie Park approached BU’s Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) last year about creating a photo gallery of students fighting substance use, it was a no-brainer. “It’s important for the CRP to promote awareness about addiction and recovery, to help create a collegiate atmosphere at BU where students in recovery are welcome and can thrive, ” says Sarah Voorhees, Student Health Services assistant director of substance use, recovery, and sexual well-being.
Recovery@BU is an 18-photo collage of six students shot by Park (CAS’20, Pardee’20) in the pre-masked and pre–socially distanced days of 2019 and early 2020. She conceived the project while working in her student days as a CRP program assistant. “Part of my job was to brainstorm ways the CRP could destigmatize addiction and recovery,” she says. “I also happen to be a photographer, and knew that a photo campaign or story could be a powerful tool to do so. I want viewers to c