George Formby by Steven Tynan

I have been working on this personal project for nearly 13 years. Shot as one-off prints on large-format Polaroid, this ongoing series (of now more than 400 images) presents my often naked or partially clothed body in a variety of domestic and outdoor locations. Uncompromisingly frank, and often funny, these self-portraits explore feelings of awkwardness, vulnerability, sexuality, and the responsibilities that one faces as a middle-aged man in modern times. Occasionally accompanied by my children or our two dogs, my emotionless, deadpan manner and the abject defenselessness of my exposed, overweight body seem to lay the work open to interpretation, allowing the viewer to invest the images with their own narratives and associations. Thus, despite its perfectly innocent subject matter, the work becomes a screen for some of Middle England’s most hypersensitive stories, touching on issues around the family, sexuality, and the male body.

- Steven Tynan

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