Project TypeCommissioned Editorial · Opera Marketing
Client Glyndebourne Opera
PublicationEyemazing Magazine
Tool CreditsPhotography, Advanced Compositing, Art Direction
Overview
Commission Context
Created visual interpretations for three Glyndebourne Opera productions, translating complex operatic narratives into single powerful images. Each photograph captures psychological depth, emotional conflict, and character duality through constructed visual language.The Three Works
Hamlet – Madness and sanity separated by a fine line. The image captures the protagonist's fractured mental state, embodying the duality we all carry within ourselves. Hamlet drew from Extracting Souls, a Polaroid-based series exploring the fragile boundary between madness and sanity, capturing the fractured interior state of Shakespeare’s tragic hero.
La clemenza di Tito – Sesto's impossible choice between loyal friendship with Tito and passionate devotion to the vengeful Vitellia, who demands assassination as the price of her love. La clemenza di Tito was was illustrated using an image from Fluid Couture, a project that critiques the illusion and constructed desire of fashion imagery, reflecting the opera’s themes of deception, loyalty, and moral conflict.
Hipermestra – A daughter's defiant love. The image portrays the suffering and strength of a woman who defies her tyrannical father to save her husband's life. Hipermestra was represented by an underwater image from the series Under The Surface, evoking vulnerability, resistance, and inner strength—mirroring the opera’s defiant female protagonist.
Together, the three images form a visual triptych that translates operatic drama into contemporary photographic language—bridging mythology, psychology, and modern visual culture.
Commercial Relevance Demonstrates ability to:
- Interpret complex narratives into compelling visual concepts
- Work with prestigious cultural institutions (opera houses)
- Deliver publication-quality editorial content
- Balance artistic vision with client/institutional needs
- Create images that function as both art and marketing