BODIES OF MOVEMENT
This body of work is a personal project studying the form of the human body in relation to particular sport and training disciplines. I aim to explore how movement patterns from different sports and activities shape and mould the human body, form follows function.
I'm constantly inspired by the amazing athletes I get to meet and work with as a commercial photographer, when the opportunity arises i invite my subjects to participate in this body of work.
As a contrast to my commissioned work I decided to shoot this project on large format black and white film and to present the images as hand prints with no digital manipulation.
Working with 10x8 or 5x4 film is a slow and considered process and forces a different interaction between the photographer with each frame requiring absolute commitment, it's not unusual when working digitally to shoot hundreds or even thousands of frames, with large format film film I'm limited to just 6 or 8 per subject.