Blind Panic

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Tunnel Vision

Shown are a selection of images taken as part of a photo-book project I undertook in 2019, shot on the London Underground. In brief the project reflects upon an increasing lack of awareness and presence within many fast paced modern city lives today, people are starting to view the world with a tunnel like vision, subject to an increase in influence from capital driven empires, social and mass media. Bellow is the introductory statement from the book.

Tunnel Vision: The loss of peripheral vision with retention of central vision, resulting in a constricted circular tunnel-like field of vision.

In a society where awareness of your surrounds is becoming evermore important due to the fast moving pace of modern city life; we are becoming increasingly distracted by technology, overwhelmed by day to day survival and controlled by the very social mass which we are a part of.

In this book I explore the London Underground and the tunnel like vision present within it, which many city goers are plagued with by a society built around ones and zeros. Are we becoming products of the system or are we merely socially awkward commuters going about our business? You decide.

Repurposed

These images were shot as part of my third year pilot major project in October 2019. They are an editorial series of pictures exploring the world of sustainable fashion. They were exhibited a the Borough Road Gallery in London South Bank University, bellow is an extract of the artist statement.

My approach to this project was to shoot the models in my normal, tonal city-scape style, seemingly no different to any of my other fashion projects. The unobvious difference being that the model’s outfits are purely made up of sustainable second hand items, acquired from a range of different sources including vintage shops, vintage kilo-sales and the extremely popular used streetwear app Depop. The fact that the images don’t appear unordinary is something I chose to really play into as the ‘shock’ factor achieved upon the viewer realising the nature of the outfits, triggers you to question whether environmentally disastrous fast fashion is really the only option for affordable street style. Showcasing that there are other potentially cheaper and very sustainable routes to achieve that ‘urban look’. 

As many contemporary environmentalist state, it really is the everyday changes that we make such as diet and lifestyle that contribute to a greener and heathier environment. The changes we make are especially important today as we are on the brink of an environmental disaster, these everyday changes will have a fundamental effect on the future of our planet. Whilst fast fashion eats away at the climate, buying second hand/ recyclable clothing could be an answer to help avert the climate disaster. - Images undergoing update

Skate Culture and Fashion

This project is was shot in 2019 as part of a second year university group project to create a zine for the module Fashion Editorial and Advertising , we were tasked with creating a zine focusing upon style and culture within the urban environment. I chose to focus upon the urban sub-culture of skateboarding in an editorial style and the influence it has had upon the fashion industry in recent years, bellow is a brief extract from the zine.

Skaters and others from similar subcultures have always had a distinct and original style, in recent years this style has blossomed to influence corporate brands in the streetwear market, fashion conscious celebrities and even high fashion icons. The free flowing mentality of skateboarders fuels this iconic style and their bold creative outlook on life is why it has become so sought after.