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The end of Cowes Week (international yachting event) is always marked with a firework display from Cowes seafront. Tonight's show had a double budget - probably the best I've seen. Sadly my photographs don't do it justice but this was my first proper attempt at capturing them.
Feelings of anxiety and ambivalence are common to many. Oftentimes these feelings reflect inner battles over choice. Inner struggles can feel ābrokenā or āfragmentedā -- held together by very little. This feeling of being ready to break can be disorientating -- like there are two separate ideas in battle for the final outcome. I have used the term āEvil Twinā to highlight these struggles. The images I have created to suggest this dynamic are both serious and humorous. Each double portrait depicts the same person twice: one passive and one aggressive (hence the title āEvil Twinsā). The locations and āweaponsā are humorous and in many cases totally unthreatening . Yet each person has an obvious aggressive side.
While there is an easy humor to each of these works, there is a more serious concern to the group as a whole. The idea behind the good and bad conscience is well known . In my photos I have suggested a passive (good) half and an aggressive (bad) half for each person -- some more passive, some more aggressive. I have attempted to bring light the underlying ambiguities of our dual natures through the use of obvious montage--causing breaks and actual fragments in the photos. In addition, I have chosen to use humor and theatrics to soften the subject in order to make it more accessible to a broader range of people.