Olivia Edwards Clement de Grandprey (8) begins a walk towards home in the early evening from Playa del Muerto in Almuñécar, Spain after a day at the beach. Solar light allows for a safe walk home on what could otherwise be a difficult and slightly treacherous walk over the rocky beach.

The year this photo was taken, Olivia had been diagnosed with Autism and PDA, Pathological demand disorder. Autism is often referred to as the comparison between someone holding a flame or being the fire. When one is autistic all colors of the rainbow exist, however each color has a hue and within it the intensity varies. This is what you would call their personal distinctive traits. Depending where the light falls, so does the focus of what is noticed. I wanted to make a photo that would speak to some of these perceptions and emotions that Olivia experiences within her condition. Girls particularly are very difficult to diagnose because they mask, meaning that they appear to be integrated but in fact have developed a persona that mimics or imitates a lot of what they see in order for them to seem acceptable to the rest of the world.