This project was ignited to explore what happens to your body when you die, how your body will decompose and give back to the earth and make room for nature's development. My pairing of images taken of tree stumps with portraits is inspired by John Stezaker’s collage work, specifically his book titled Film Still.
Initially inspired by A Soul In Purgatory by Giovanni Bernardo Azzolino these images were originally a second chapter of my photo book titled ‘Bury Me Shallow’.