And finally……

The trumpets have sounded….the confetti has fallen…..the clapping has ended…..

No, I’m not talking about the EU Referendum, although I could fill several column inches, I’m talking about opening night to our end of year exhibition entitled “Iungent Nos” (for those currently scratching their heads, it means ‘We Unite’ in Latin).

It was a great success and after putting in the hard work and stress to put it together, as a group we were extremely proud and elated that it was triumphant. It also means that I can finally let you, my ever faithful subscribers (love to your faces), see the piece that I have been working on for my final major project.

So here it is. It is titled ‘I Cannot Be By Myself’

It is the story of Anna, who since she was a young girl claims to have been ‘visited’ by something not of this Earth. She has never told anyone of these incidents but now she is older, they seem to happening more and more frequently. She also knows that at some point, she will have to tell those closest to her because she knows that one day soon, she will be taken and may never return. Tonight may just be that night.

The piece is influenced by my appreciation and love of the work of Gregory Crewdson which I have mentioned before. As you may know, my main passion is street photography and for me, there is no better feeling than to out on the streets capturing real, unrehearsed reactions. However, throughout this process, I have learnt to both appreciate and respect other photographers and other genres and one of those photographers is Crewdson. His style is of course, polls apart from the instant reaction of street photography – some of his images taking 3 or more days to complete – but there is an inherent beauty and sense of total control in his pictures that immediately draws me in. It is for this reason that I wanted to try to make a picture, in his style, for my final piece.

I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Now onwards to the unknown……(“I thought you said this wasn’t about Brexit!!!!”)