Descent- Part One of the Lost Youth series [animated gif in comments section below]

“Lost Youth”

Final to me doesn’t just refer or mean the Final Major Project of my Photography course, new chapters are opening for me whilst others are closing. 2013 marks the end of my more than somewhat eventful teenage years and childhood. You could say this project has been a “leap of faith” as I have had to accept my life so far and the experiences I lost due to my health complaints in recent years, which is why I decided that my Final Major Project should contain a highly personal element, which tells a story only I can tell. I decided to use self-portraiture as a medium to illustrate the tale of my health issues in a series of interactive images- something which until recently I haven’t entirely felt comfortable facing or discussing about.

 

“Descent” – the act of passing from a higher degree or state to a lower one.

 

Literally my first major health scare is depicted in the start of descent. The image depicts myself portraying a characterisation of myself at age five, when I was first diagnosed as asthmatic, and contracted pneumonia. I distinctly recall an out of body experience as if I was flying and had wings like an angel a result of hallucinations caused by pneumonia. I wanted to convey a childlike innocence to this image as well as a dreamy effect.

 

You can view the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Pw5Yy-MsY

 

Or alternatively check out the comments section below for the animated gif version...

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