THE GUARDIANS | early digital works 1999 - 2001
This is a selection of a substantial series that was the first that I created using digital photomontaging, beginning in 1999. The source material for all is a set of studio photographs that I took of myself reflected in a rippling pool of water. Though the theme of 'body' vs 'spirit' was a thematic starting point, when I worked on individual images I didn't follow a set thematic or visual agenda. I experimented until I liked something or had myself an association that I then worked out. I always thought of these works as some sort of 'afterimages' - a visual memory of a bad childhood dream or other moments of mental disquiet, trauma, bodily or social anxiety.