This is a portrait of a Kings courtier composer from a series of images called Le Roi Danse, or the King Dances in English. It Looks back at King Louis IVX of France, who famously performed some of the earliest origins of ballet also giving him the nickname the sun king, from the character he performed. The images challenge culturally how we still perceive masculinity today, as ballet takes a tremendous amount of strength and discipline to perform. Not only would Louis s performance have been a huge ego stroke to the king at the time, but it would have been performed to noble men and other important political representatives across europe. Displaying Power, Glory and the Majesty of King Louis IVX.

Along side the kings performance are two composers from the court, who s admiration and sycophantic nature towards the king takes on a hint of homoeroticism, either for their own gain, or their own blind belief in their King

This images is from a series of images that is close to my heart and is an ode to the community work of the Black Panthers. However it was poignantly photographed in an area of South East London that commemorated 40 years since the “Battle of Lewisham”. A time when a large proportion of the community, both black and white, stood up against and stopped a right wing political party from marching through the area.

It made sense to me to put both these periods of time together as I wanted to recollect why the black panthers came together in the first place, as a community response. Rather than an intimidating, terrorist organisation that it seems to have been painted as.

King Louis IVX performing as the Sun King, one image from a series of images called Le Roi Danse, or the King Dances in English. It Looks back at King Louis IVX of France, who famously performed some of the earliest origins of ballet also giving him the nickname the sun king, from the character he performed. The images challenge culturally how we still perceive masculinity today, as ballet takes a tremendous amount of strength and discipline to perform. Not only would Louis s performance have been a huge ego stroke to the king at the time, but it would have been performed to noble men and other important political representatives across europe. Displaying Power, Glory and the Majesty of King Louis IVX.

Along side the kings performance are two composers from the court, who s admiration and sycophantic nature towards the king takes on a hint of homoeroticism, either for their own gain, or their own blind belief in their King