1.2.0 Shoot #4.2

After capturing some good quality banal shots of this subject’s personal possessions on my first visit I was under pressure to keep up this quality when I returned specifically to photograph his naked portraits.

The Naked Self-Portrait

I wished to become part of this project myself; after all it is hardly fair that I ask this of my subjects without being willing to display myself in a similar way. However the naked self-portrait is proving to be more difficult to achieve than I first envisioned.

Reflections Mod2 Week5

The gaze and the ethics of looking are concepts that are particularly relevant to the way I work. With the majority of my practice centred around the male nude it is fascinating to explore the politics of the penis as well.

Release 1.1.0

While working on the Polaroid Project (Dialogue For…) I have also been exploring other means of masking by bringing in mirrors to represent several stranded ideas; the idealised self, the voyeur, shyness and parallel existences (think science fiction or Alice in Wonderland).