Cordelia V 2010 Photograph

"Try not to be a man of success, rather try to be a man of value." Albert Einstein. I like to think of myself as a traditionalist who likes trying new things... An eclectic range of interests, sometimes contradictory and including Star Wars. I take a lot of photos! Inspired by the seemingly meaningless or randomness of them. Part allegory or reference. Part documentary for my own benefit; I enjoy making a memory out of an experience or imagined idea to look back on. Part series or theme with reoccurring ideas or images. I have always been interested in the questioning of our origins, history and purpose and how we accept the answers we may or may not find. A big part of this is the role of mythology and religion and how they have impacted our relationship with truth and the acceptance of truths. A regular style I like using is the ‘inverse’ of an image and the suggestion of “the same, but different”. I find this quite relevant in the world today in trying to recognise that there is beauty in difference and sometimes there is no difference in the first place, just the perspective. I like the depth we miss in our everyday life. In many ways it’s a contradiction, like us.