Untitled, with Skull - 2012

Untitled, with Skull - 2012 is probably the closest to being a modern photographic take on Pre-Raphaelite painting out of all of the series from February 2012, probably due to the golden skull and the deep wine-red drapery, which seem particularly reminiscent of the Victorian art movement.

The concept for these photographs came from an email discussion between Paul Watson and Alice Kemp about plans for a new collaborative series of photographs to start off 2012.

“I keep having recurring notions of a re-creating Pre-Raphaelite classics.” Ms Kemp wrote to Paul Watson in November 2011. Needless to say, as the discussion continued the concept morphed from straight re-creations to “in the style of…” with a healthy dose of “weird” thrown in for good measure.