Kathy Chapman, Stout of Heart - the fear of the dark (SINGLE SHOT 2023)

These two single entries are from a series I made late last year. I wanted to illustrate phobias in a way that is humorous, but also pays respect to the individuals who bravely go out and face down their phobias each and every day. My intention was to show people facing their fears with courage, dignity but also good humour. Some of my original work for this series contained background elements that were drawn by me in Photoshop. To get around the 'only photographic elements' rule, I have redrawn these elements on paper, photographed them and then imported them into Photoshop to turn them into backgrounds. (This applies to the music notes in my series entry and the bats in my single entry.)

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.