Carnival of the Maniac
By Joseph Murawski bookris
Category: Arts & Photography
Tags: male nude, erotic photography, photography, surrealism, surreal, horror, nude, self-portraits, tophat, victorian, nightmares, dreams, erotic
My photographs are cathartic, visual representations of the obsessions, frustrations, and anger I live with each day. These intense feelings stem from and are a means to cope with a failure to reconcile a conflict that exists between my internal impulses, the connection I feel to the beauty, both simple and complex, that surrounds me, and the disgust I feel due to the societal forces that trigger this dissonance. Simply, the images are an expression of my inability to relate to a society that I am reluctant to be a part of, enabling me to transcend language and put on display the emotions, convictions, and struggles that I endure in a way that verbal or written discourse could never approach. My suffering is portrayed at its most raw and base level, to be seen by all, including its creator.
Standard Landscape 10x8 inches (25x20 cm) 60 pages
Published: August 2, 2007
