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'The Curious Collection' series

A portrait study of freak show performers with physical deformities that deform our reality, and human oddities that oddly enough, we cannot help but revel in. This series is inspired by circus posters from the late 19th century, along with Edwardian fashion and classic film portraiture.
 
Photographed by: Philip Rostron
[ Created: 2013-2014 ]
 
 
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The Making of: The Curious Collection
 
A behind-the-scenes look into the creation process and the many details that went into creating this year long series. The characters are created from clay, costumes are sewn or painted, sets are built and finally they're photographed. Sometimes people think that my work is digital or created in a format other than sculpture. I wanted to show that it is in not created digitally in any way, just a lot of time consuming hands on sculpture work.
 
 
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'The Curious Collection' series
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