The Thalassophobia medium-format photo series encourages viewers to look deep beneath our damaged surfaces and question our assumptions about beauty. How might our beautiful images and behaviors have damaged us by covering up injustice? Can damage to our cultural norms be beautiful if it leads to truth-telling and restorative justice? The work shows how new life emerges from damage if we are unafraid to look beneath the surface and into the deep water. Only then can we discover the truths we need to evolve.