Para-zeitgeist. No ordinary spirit of the time.
I have lived experience as the parent of a child affected by a life-long physical disability. These photographs are an expression of feelings and emotions experienced by myself.
The figures and their poses, some of which have been inspired by religious paintings, represent the awkward on-going struggle against societal barriers that manifests in such circumstances.
Photographs of dystopian landscapes have been projected over a body shrouded in a stretch fabric, set against a black background. The resulting images conjure alienated beings and dark atmospheres. These portraits visualize the other-worldliness and chaotic nature of life in the metaphorical disability landscape.
I make reference to the paradox of the prisoners in Plato's cave because disability is so unseen by the large majority of society, yet it exists every where and people choose not to see it.
Para-Zeitgeist: No ordinary spirit of the time.
Shrouded figures. Series below
Title: Foetal
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3. (two available)
Dimensions: 841 mm x 814 mm
Title: Scream
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3. (two available)
Dimensions: 594 mm x 814 mm
Title: White Light
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 594 mm x 814 mm
Title: Chrysalis
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 594 mm x 814 mm
Title: Rorschach
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 814 mm
Title: Purging
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Oblivious
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 814 mm
Title: Forest for the trees
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 814 mm
Title: Unseen
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Rock and a hard place
Medium: C Type photography.
Black frame, under Museum glass.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 600 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Dystopian Landscape 1
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Dystopian Landscape 2
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Dystopian Landscape 3
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Dystopian Landscape 4
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: Dystopian Landscape 5
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 841 mm x 1200 mm
Title: White light landscape 1
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 594 mm x 841 mm
Title: White light landscape 2
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 594 mm x 841 mm
Title: White light landscape 3
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3.
Dimensions: 594 mm x 841 mm
Title: Strange landscape
Medium: Fuji flex print .
Acrylic Face mount.
Limited edition of 3. ( 2 Available)
Dimensions: 594 mm x 841 mm