This album concept was developed when the world was overcoming the recent death of David Bowie, so it was fitting for Hunter to wear a shirt bearing

resemblance to one worn by Bowie in his Space Oddity music video. The textures, block colours and idolisation is directly inspired by Andy Warhol Pop Artist and the screen print medium, taking references from the traditional into digital graphic design. He was a close friend of Bowie's and gay icon.

 

Although all the above is important, it cannot be stressed enough that the album concept is primarily based on my best friend, Hunter. No matter how many changes Hunter goes through, I will continue to love and be inspired by their strong spirit and sense of justice. It has been a pleasure to see their identity

become more and more representative of who they are. Since meeting Hunter they have come out as genderfluid and have gone on to pursue music, their true calling. An example to us all. 

 

Themes contained in this concept included overcoming:

• loss

• fear

• LGBT+ oppression 

• outer struggles

• inner struggles

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The rainbow is a reference to the LGBT+ community and all the colours with symbolic meaning (I have taken inspiration from the original flag, plus the PoC inclusive one). The colours act as a positive, bold combatant to negative forces. For years my nickname for Hunter has been "the rainbow", after this song which was so fitting at the time. The individual represents the journey and is a figure of hope and the album itself seeks to empower.

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This is one of my early projects, yet I am still immensely proud of how I turned this project into a live brief, what I achieved and my ambitions to release this and work in collaboration with a musician and friend. 

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The final photo shoot was a great team effort and I would like to acknowledge Dayna Bennett, Jade Phillips and Harry Needham for coming to my aid.