Introduction of my body of work.

I have over past 3 years developed a visual language in my photography using my shrouded figures and I am planning to comment on my current thoughts and feelings concerning various topics that seem to cloud my mind and thought utilizing that language.

As an introduction, here are a few examples of my previous work, to give you a feel of where I started, how the work has progressed so far and to give you an inkling as to which direction it's going towards.
Isolation series, Darkroom Fibre Print.
The project was born in the darkroom when I was working on a project that expressed isolation of the self and I found myself thinking that if I really want to feel lonely I should not be able to see anyone properly. I covered myself up with my blanket and thats where the project started. I took images in public spaces with myself wrapped in my blankets. And then the project grew from there and as the visuals developed so did the concept. The inspiration was simply striving to find a way to express myself and the concepts of isolated beings.




StudioShoots Experimentation for stop motion video.

I moved into color eventually and even though still revert back to black and white, I have not returned to the darkroom after my project and concept developed, as I need color in my images.

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Eventually I started to collaborate with a dancer/performer ( Joyce Amile ) and the image above and the series below are the results of those collaborations. The initial idea was to express the emotion triggered when one is faced the with concept of an afterlife. The project further developed into an expression of the soul. We often hide ourselves in layers to protect ourselves, but our inner being is honest and always expresses itself. My photographs are a visualization of the expression of the soul.
After our collaboration ended, I was haunted by alot of the directions I chose not to take, and decided to revisit the project on my own time to see if it could lead to one more attempt at finding another destination through the same dialogue of body language and fabrics.

DarkNightSoul

Finally, after giving it much thought, I decided not to think anymore, and DO. I have started shooting again, and I have decided to taken a very different approach to my work, pulling it from the spotlight where it has recieved alot of recognition and popularity and looking at it from a very new perspective. I am proud of how far this project has come, and now it is time to see it go places where no blankets have ever gone before ! ((ha)

Expect to see alot of new enviroments. forget the crisp clarity that my studioshots got me acclaim for. This is not a revamp of a project. This is not plastic surgery. This is a change of religion. It's a leap of faith into the unknown.

Oh, and on a (possible) side note, eat, drink and be merry, for tommorow we'll die. (Dave Mathews).