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Thomas Oscar Miles united kingdom
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Thomas Oscar Miles Photography
Tightropes allowing exit points for enthralled visitors.
They vacate with joy in their hearts, a newly painted smile,
One from a treasured experience, memories caught like a trapeze artist in a net.
But I’m still hurting.
I talk in my work about personal experiences such as mental health and my ever-growing relationship with my autism. I choose to represent these in my work through visuals such as decay, bones, and shadow filled corners of a woodland. My new series 'Our Beautiful Demise' speaks on a similar theme: wearing our fears with pride, binding them tightly to our flesh. I have grown up fearful of my personal shadows, I now instead hope to educate others on this and create a platform to spotlight issues we all go through.
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entry description
what excitement has stampeded through the billowing tent,Tightropes allowing exit points for enthralled visitors.
They vacate with joy in their hearts, a newly painted smile,
One from a treasured experience, memories caught like a trapeze artist in a net.
But I’m still hurting.
about the photographer
My art looks to inspire self empowerment, through embracing our vulnerabilities. This is celebrated through fragile and detailed imagery, centred around the narratives. In my work, I talk about personal fears and darker experiences. I give my characters opportunities to wear these like a crown. How can we appreciate our light when we brush the darkness under the bed, ignored? I hope that my work can show people how multi-layered each one of us is, showing a unity in our humanity.I talk in my work about personal experiences such as mental health and my ever-growing relationship with my autism. I choose to represent these in my work through visuals such as decay, bones, and shadow filled corners of a woodland. My new series 'Our Beautiful Demise' speaks on a similar theme: wearing our fears with pride, binding them tightly to our flesh. I have grown up fearful of my personal shadows, I now instead hope to educate others on this and create a platform to spotlight issues we all go through.
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