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Sean Slattery. Video length: 2 minutes

This is Davide Di Giovanni and he was a principal dancer for the Sydney Dance Company for six or seven years. He got in touch with me to do some video work together and he was just so amazing. I said, "You need to come to my studio and let me photograph you." He really understood my vision. I suppose I'm in a bit of a dialogue with the history of photography in general, but I certainly always want to touch on the human condition. There are some elements of surrealism and classic photography with the black and white. That's where I'm going with it all. I'm really into the cross-sliding, the double shadows. I think there's always a bit of life that's a bit surreal and ridiculous and I'm definitely embracing that in my work. I was saying to a friend the other night that it's a culmination of my photography experience. I'm pretty happy with where it stands.

Davide, 2022 Sean Slattery.
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