killing joshua

from the horror still series entitled "bloodbath" taken in february of 2006. this is my first serious photoshoot, as i have been trained first and formost as a photorealist painter. in it i am investigating the hyperbolic nature of horror and the reasons why so many of us are drawn to the grotesque as a means of either reaffirming or poking fun at our own mortality. while i consider this work to be finished (more or less), i plan to do subsequent shoots that further explore the pleasure we take in viewing violent death. i mean for this work to be fun, silly, over the top, and still pose serious questions about the role of the horror-fantasy.

fake blood is so much fun to play with...