From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2015): the artist’s account of the work belongs to its original publication period. This is conceptual art, not a diagnosis or claim about anyone pictured.

Darkened Introspection

Andrew Paranavitana described this project as an exploration of troubling thoughts through layered photographs and dark textures. In his original statement, he said he worked on the series from May to October 2014 and drew on personal experience and psychological symbolism. Those are his own reflections on the artwork, not current wellbeing information.

Layered silhouettes in a dark textured sceneSave

Shadowy figure partly hidden by red ribbonsSave

Figure against a textured golden backgroundSave

Two blurred figures with a red ribbonSave

Single figure emerging from a dark backdropSave

Face seen through a red band in a layered compositionSave

Figure with dark silhouette and red ribbonSave

Figure partly obscured by a textured shadowSave