Your Body Keeps The Score
Photographer Garth McKee used light and movement as a way to channel all the emotions that have built up over the last year during lockdown.
Photography Garth McKee Model/Dancer Mikey Boats from PDK Entertainment Movement Director Kirubel Belay Styling Natalie Caroline Wilkins 
Garth and Mikey, subject in the images, met on a commercial job earlier in the year. After an instant connection they planned to shoot with the spontaneous idea of creating a series of images based around light and movement.
The title of the series “Your Body Keeps The Score” comes from a book Garth read which talks about how mental trauma is manifested physically on the body, “The Body Keeps The Score” by Bessel van der Kolk.
The images were shot on a film camera, Mamiya Rz67 Pro2.
About Garth
Garth McKee is an Australian born, London based portrait photographer. His practice stems primarily from his relationship with nature. Often his portraits create parallels and connections with the natural world and his subjects, with a focus on the temporality of humans and the world we live in.
Garth gravitates to photographing his subjects in movement, capturing the energy of this temporality; the connections we have with our bodies, our environment and each other. The photography experience is as important as the images.
To see more Garth’s work, visit his website or follow him on Instagram
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