• Birth Defects

    Limited edition Lambda print; sizes vary.

    These images explore the idea of childhood as a cultural construct and seek to question and undermine some of the preconceptions we have about childhood identity. In the popular imagination childhood is often seen as somehow more authentic, existing in an almost pre-cultural state of nature. The eyes of a child are often thought to be closer to the truth. Through the use of digital photography and computer generated imagery I was interested to highlight the impossibility of childhood as traditionally conceived. The clichés of childhood are shown to exist in an artificially purified word that gives rise to distorting, stifling representations that limit understanding and potential, rendering children powerless in society. Photographic innocence is undermined also; the supposed indexical nature and pretensions to objectivity in photography as well as its role in scientific classification are brought into question in a world where photography is subject to invisible digital manipulation after the fact. The images, like some of our conceptions of childhood itself, are simply the figments of adult imaginations.

  • Birth Defects

    Limited edition Lambda print; sizes vary.

    These images explore the idea of childhood as a cultural construct and seek to question and undermine some of the preconceptions we have about childhood identity. In the popular imagination childhood is often seen as somehow more authentic, existing in an almost pre-cultural state of nature. The eyes of a child are often thought to be closer to the truth. Through the use of digital photography and computer generated imagery I was interested to highlight the impossibility of childhood as traditionally conceived. The clichés of childhood are shown to exist in an artificially purified word that gives rise to distorting, stifling representations that limit understanding and potential, rendering children powerless in society. Photographic innocence is undermined also; the supposed indexical nature and pretensions to objectivity in photography as well as its role in scientific classification are brought into question in a world where photography is subject to invisible digital manipulation after the fact. The images, like some of our conceptions of childhood itself, are simply the figments of adult imaginations.

  • Birth Defects

    Limited edition Lambda print; sizes vary.

    These images explore the idea of childhood as a cultural construct and seek to question and undermine some of the preconceptions we have about childhood identity. In the popular imagination childhood is often seen as somehow more authentic, existing in an almost pre-cultural state of nature. The eyes of a child are often thought to be closer to the truth. Through the use of digital photography and computer generated imagery I was interested to highlight the impossibility of childhood as traditionally conceived. The clichés of childhood are shown to exist in an artificially purified word that gives rise to distorting, stifling representations that limit understanding and potential, rendering children powerless in society. Photographic innocence is undermined also; the supposed indexical nature and pretensions to objectivity in photography as well as its role in scientific classification are brought into question in a world where photography is subject to invisible digital manipulation after the fact. The images, like some of our conceptions of childhood itself, are simply the figments of adult imaginations.

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    Birth Defects

    Limited edition Lambda print; sizes vary.

    These images explore the idea of childhood as a cultural construct and seek to question and undermine some of the preconceptions we have about childhood identity. In the popular imagination childhood is often seen as somehow more authentic, existing in an almost pre-cultural state of nature. The eyes of a child are often thought to be closer to the truth. Through the use of digital photography and computer generated imagery I was interested to highlight the impossibility of childhood as traditionally conceived. The clichés of childhood are shown to exist in an artificially purified word that gives rise to distorting, stifling representations that limit understanding and potential, rendering children powerless in society. Photographic innocence is undermined also; the supposed indexical nature and pretensions to objectivity in photography as well as its role in scientific classification are brought into question in a world where photography is subject to invisible digital manipulation after the fact. The images, like some of our conceptions of childhood itself, are simply the figments of adult imaginations.

  • Birth Defects

    Limited edition Lambda print; sizes vary.

    These images explore the idea of childhood as a cultural construct and seek to question and undermine some of the preconceptions we have about childhood identity. In the popular imagination childhood is often seen as somehow more authentic, existing in an almost pre-cultural state of nature. The eyes of a child are often thought to be closer to the truth. Through the use of digital photography and computer generated imagery I was interested to highlight the impossibility of childhood as traditionally conceived. The clichés of childhood are shown to exist in an artificially purified word that gives rise to distorting, stifling representations that limit understanding and potential, rendering children powerless in society. Photographic innocence is undermined also; the supposed indexical nature and pretensions to objectivity in photography as well as its role in scientific classification are brought into question in a world where photography is subject to invisible digital manipulation after the fact. The images, like some of our conceptions of childhood itself, are simply the figments of adult imaginations.

  • Birth Defects

    Limited edition Lambda print; sizes vary.

    These images explore the idea of childhood as a cultural construct and seek to question and undermine some of the preconceptions we have about childhood identity. In the popular imagination childhood is often seen as somehow more authentic, existing in an almost pre-cultural state of nature. The eyes of a child are often thought to be closer to the truth. Through the use of digital photography and computer generated imagery I was interested to highlight the impossibility of childhood as traditionally conceived. The clichés of childhood are shown to exist in an artificially purified word that gives rise to distorting, stifling representations that limit understanding and potential, rendering children powerless in society. Photographic innocence is undermined also; the supposed indexical nature and pretensions to objectivity in photography as well as its role in scientific classification are brought into question in a world where photography is subject to invisible digital manipulation after the fact. The images, like some of our conceptions of childhood itself, are simply the figments of adult imaginations.