SKULLS

A series of large format prints of images from my year-long Skull-A-Day project. The large majority of the images that were made for the project were purely ephemeral, only existing as photographic evidence of the day’s work. Many were made from volatile materials or in locations where they could not be preserved. The symbol of the skull is continually recontextualized as it is made from a wide range of materials. Since it is a universally known icon an extremely wide audience can appreciate and interpret the work through their own societal lenses. Social commentary is inevitable as well and encouraged, though the point-of-view is not meant to be implicit. The project itself is a large scale meditation on death in the classical Memento Mori fashion, where the constant awareness of death leads to a better appreciation for life. The act of skull-making is ultimately a life affirming act of creation even as inevitable destruction draws nearer.