LAZY EYE

Lazy Eye is a series of portraits of my son made when he had a typical childhood ailment or condition, each photograph is captioned with the Latin name of the illness. Reception of most photography is now via the screen rather than print, and the ease of image creation and distribution with ever-increasing speeds of internet interfaces forces us to read images faster, dismissing or accepting their content in an instant, yet very rarely giving ourselves the opportunity to notice all the elements present. Babies are often born with a slight squint, which corrects itself within the first few weeks as they become accustomed to looking at the world, and some children develop a squint as a result of amblyopia. The severity of the squint varies but it is often most apparent when a child is very tired or unwell. In this series, analogue photography is employed to record and document childhood illness, resulting in an antithetical family album of melancholic portraiture.