Agape
We are surrounded by romantic love. It’s in songs. It’s in movies. It’s in books. It dominates all the other forms of love with its big gestures and grand openings. But there is love in even the most mundane moments of everyday life, and it’s not always loud and brash.
Using Greek mythology as a starting point, I used this project to showcase some of the other forms of lesser celebrated love that I feel are as important, if not more. Using three photographic subjects, my aim was to highlight how love can be experiences in everyday life.
Joanna, one of the own in this project said “love is not just an emotional response or a human connection, it’s also a choice we make everyday” which sums up this project perfectly.
My hope is that project encourages people to love and to laugh just that little bit more, especially when times feel a little darker.
All photos were taken digitally on a Canon 5D.
Across two days, I worked with Susie to capture the different types of love she experiences in her day to day life.
I spent the afternoon with Ver-se, Joanna and their baby, James to explore the love of parenthood, especially with a little one and how important it is to cherish all the small, everyday moments of love.
For this final shoot, I spent the day with Charlie (6) and Henry (3). Not only was I looking to represent the love of brotherhood, but also the innocent playfulness of children. Charlie's biggest love is animals and I wanted to capture this being his whole world.
