Being, 2022

‘The fear of death […] haunts as does nothing else; it rumbles continuously under the surface; it is a dark, unsettling presence at the rim of consciousness’ - Irvin D. Yalom

This series of photographs are a reflection on, and enactment of, the dichotomy of death anxiety and the anxiety of living. They are part performance and part observation, enacted and captured in an attempt to play with, reflect on and heal the interplay of these two anxieties within myself.

It is the narrative of the inevitability of ageing, disappearing, the threat of non-being but also the courage to make choices and truly live that rumble beneath these images.