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Tyran Hawthorn
I was born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1987. The following year my family moved to Cape Town in South Africa where we lived for four years until 1991, when it was discovered that I had a terminal condition known as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It is a dev-astating genetic muscle wasting disease which is caused by a missing protein, causing all my muscles to degenerate throughout
my life, eventually leading to paralysis and early death, for which there is no cure.
We came to live in England in June 2000, where I underwent major spinal surgery in the August of that year. I began studying art and design and discovered a love for the arts, especially surrealism and ne art. In my GCSE year, I was critically ill and spent three weeks in intensive care, causing my condition to deteriorate to the extent that I could no longer draw, making pursuit of
art and graphic design very difficult.
I I went on to study a BA Honours degree in Photography at Portsmouth University. Unfortunately, my studies have been disrupt-ed on a couple of occassions due to serious illness linked with my condition. I am now in my fth year and completing my nal year of study and I hope to graduate in the summer of 2014. After which I look forward to continuing my pursuit of a career as a
professional photographer.
I annually participate in a lobby seeking additional funding to further the research in nding a cure for the current incurable dis-ease of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). It entails handing in petitions to the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street and to the Ministry of Health, requesting additional funds for this medical research and lobby support from our Members of Par-
liament at Westminster.
I believe that disability does not mean inability. I aim to be a gurehead for what can be achieved and aim to continue using my work as a catalyst for increasing support in the research to nd a cure for Duchenne.
Modern Vanitas
Images from my rst exhibition on Modern Vanitas 'The torment and decay of Duchenne'.
“This was an awareness raising exhibition and fundraising charity event for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an incurable and terminaldisease which causes the decay of muscles and difficulties with breathing and movement.
Within this series I have used surreal and experimental photographic images to illustrate his mixed emotions of anger at his condition, juxtaposedwith his enjoyment of heavy metal music, horror movies and escapist dreams from everyday life.
This fascinating genre of art that features objects rich in morbid symbolism such as skulls, rotting food, and wilting owers, which are used inThis fascinating genre of art that features objects rich in morbid symbolism such as skulls, rotting food, and wilting owers, which are used inorder to produce in the viewer's mind an acute awareness of the brevity of life and the inevitability of death”.
Vanitas Five
Vanitas Two
Vanitas Three
Vanitas Six
Vanitas Seven
Vanitas Sixteen
Vanitas Fifteen
Vanitas Twelve
Landscapes of Erosion
“For this project I documented the natural process of decay and decomposition taking over the territory of manmade metal objects. For this work, I am alsogoing to take really close-up images of these changes in order to construct dream-like dimensions or landscapes. The object acted as its own frame with its owncharacter occurring naturally without any interference, except the movement of my lens and the introduction of some light.
The eroding process causes the object to become more chaotic and abstract, but ironically people will attempt to impose an order or new life into these imagessubconsciously. It is an inherent fear within the human psyche to not want things to end indenitely. subconsciously. It is an inherent fear within the human psyche to not want things to end indenitely.
I played upon this facet of human emotion and longing for continuance of life and order to provoke an emotional or cognitive response towards my work. Thusdocumenting on one level these dying objects but also the human condition and thought process that leads us to construct in the moments we view these images.
Castle of Isolation
Untitled One
Untitled Two
Untitled Three
Martian Landscape
Sunset One Moon
