This was an awareness raising exhibition and fundraising charity event for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an incurable and terminal disease which causes decay the decay of muscles and difficulties with breathing and movement.
Within this series I have used surreal and experimental photographic techniques images to illustrate the mixed emotions caused by the condition, juxtaposed with his enjoyment of heavy metal music, horror movies and escapist dreams from everyday life.
This fascinating genre of art features objects rich in morbid symbolism, such as skulls, rotting food and wilting flowers - these are used to produce an acute awareness of the brevity of life and inevitability of death in the viewers mind.