It’s not often that I come across another dark photographer whose work bruises my chin when my mouth drops open in awe. The two images below are prime examples of David’s macabre photography and I doubt that anyone just flicks them aside. They draw the viewer in and you can’t help wondering what on Earth is happening.
I asked David to send me two of his favourite macabre photos and his inspiration for creating them.
‘Much of my inspiration comes from a variety of modern horror directors, combined with some of the odd things I dream occasionally. Oddly, what other people sometimes find to be nightmares, I usually wake up and try to file away in my head as a creative idea. Sometimes I wake up somewhat terrified by what I’ve seen. But, after a moment, realize, it’s just my head working out creative concepts while I sleep.
The first is one that has a story to it. I had made plans with my Makeup Artist I use and a model to shoot some macabre work outdoors, and it was pouring rain that day. Well, the model, being a real dedicated woman, decided she wanted to use it to our advantage, so we went out and she used it to our advantage. She got down in the mud and started smearing it on her dress, tearing it here and there, and getting mud in her hair for me as I told her my ideas.
Directors such as Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) and Gore Verbinski (The Ring) were some of my inspirations. I, of course also grew up with such things as "Thriller" which was my inspiration for some of the more "Zombie"-like images I create, like the second one.’
