“More and more people are concluding that the ballot box is no longer an instrument that will secure political solutions.” Tony Benn
When I make a portrait of a non voter, my soul collaborates with their psyche to make a bold statement. Through photography I symbolize a voting system that does not represent its people. My purpose is to give these strong dissident types the voice and dignity they deserve. Stereotypes are disrupted, to vent a point of view, from a new wave of people. The ideas evolve naturally via the characters on their territory. I give no authority of the clothes they wear, only of what colour. My passion shapes how to control the light, posture and gaze. In that moment the essence is reversed to enable the visual context to be read from within the negative space of the image. Embedded in this layer, portals are used as a metaphor to reveal the flip-side of democracy.
