A little hearty inspiration.

This is Ronnie here…

So I'm kind of at my wits end with this course, but sometimes it's always nice to just re-visit a photographer to place your mind and heart back into the subject.

I've always felt Sally Mann was the heart of me wanting to become such a conceptual photographer. I kind of based one of my series 'Heart Attack' on her works of 'Body Farm'.

The photograph at the above is one of my own photographs from the series, Heart Attack, 'Untitled' 2013. I've always visualised something living to be something on the edge. This photograph reminds me I need to keep going. I'm a living breathing human form, and I know I have the heart to carry on. This series was based originally on my Uncle, a Father figure, this invincible creature having a heart attack. I chose a lamb's heart, something so fragile to photograph, the clinical wrapped hands finding this organ amongst the bushes. My Uncle has been like a father to me since day One, He is an incredible role model and has kept pushing through to his own dream. This photograph is the reminder that I must continue.

And so relating back to Sally Mann's 'Body Farm' a controversial piece, how brave a photographer she is pursing her career. Critics have slated her work to pieces but she is another inspiration that I must keep going. We are only human, and we only have one chance to do what we want to do!

Thanks for reading Guys!