Anathema Photos

        The series of photos represented in this exhibition attempt to visually portray several aspects involving the interplay between the individual and national identity. The photos utilize the model sometimes as the personification of the national spirit, while in other shots, as an individual member of a society. The images shift from a common national identity that may give the individual an added degree of pride, to the Individual feeling a sense of shame and repression from that very same shared identity. In some cases the modern society is represented as being chained by its past history, while in others the individual is restrained by the national identity.  The themes here are the individual; the nation; pride and shame; and to be enriched or suppressed by our national identity.