These images are part of a series commissioned to illustrate Romeo Castellucci's production of 'Guilio Cesare'. See more at www.gavinevans.com

Romeo Castellucci's production of 'Guilio Cesare' photographs by Gavin Evans

'naked touch'  is Gavin Evans’ expansion of his previous work  touch  in which he explored the cultural and psychological limits of connectedness. In 'naked touch'  Evans invites the viewer to explore the relationship between the self and the corporeal, and contemporary attitudes to nakedness.
 Members of the public, mostly strangers, were invited by Evans to be photographed naked and then asked to place the photographer’s hand in the frame. Unlike in traditional ‘nude’ photography, the participants are far from anonymous and have a very direct momentary relationship with Evans ‘the photographer’. This creates an altogether different cadence of intimacy and potential vulnerability to these photographs. The photographer is present in the image and his relationship to the sitter is transparent. He is literally showing his hand, thus giving us permission to look,  challenging our status as voyeur. 
 The  'naked touch'  collection is at once topography and portraiture. Across these images patterns emerge of bodily boundaries and the self’s relationship with the Other. Simultaneously, personality reveals itself as the participants project themselves through the photographer’s touch and the photograph itself.
 What is revealed is diverse. Some of the participants are confident, some vulnerable, some vain. A few disturb or subvert, while others show unexpected humour.  naked touch  runs counter to the oft repeated argument that the oppressive power of beauty advertising and media obsession with celebrity bodies has made us dissatisfied with our own. Many of the participants in  naked touch  seem at ease with their bodies, reconciled to their corporeal reality and unintimidated by the media’s ‘perfect body’. 
Text: Peter E.Ross

I am currently looking to engage a Berlin gallery to participate in the making and exhibiting of 'naked touch- germany'. Contact Gavin at info@gavinevans.com

'naked touch' by Gavin Evans

 My after dark affair with India began in The City of Joy. Kolkata was my initiation into a world that would come to consume my waking and sleeping hours. 
 I arrived at my hotel at 8am after a long haul that took its toll. At midnight I awoke and readied myself for round two. My guard was up in expectation of another onslaught. India hustles the senses into submission; throngs vying for attention blockade your path, tuk tuks, carts and rickshaws attack from all sides. Tunnel vision is the only modus operandi. 
 Stepping out into the night I was met by silence. The streets were deserted. The torrents of bodies, traffic and livestock had mysteriously evaporated. What was left in their wake was a window onto an extraordinary world. Buildings bound by cables and encased in detritus had cast off their shroud of bodies. The City of Joy was naked, laid bare and exposed.
 At night the laws are re-written. The streets become the dominion of the dog where packs of canines rule. Heavyweight rats bound and banquet along the rubbish strewn streets. The eyes feasts on detail upon detail until they can stomach no more. Cocooned bodies litter the pavements as they metamorphose before hatching at dawn. The infernal hell holes of the slums transform into enchanted villages of extraordinary beauty with their legions of ladders pointing to the stars.
 In the countryside rural India recovers from the days toil under ladened skies. Out here the elements threaten. An army of deities is no defence from the monsoon floods. The countryside, like its urban sibling, revels in schadenfreude.
 India moves at breakneck speed but in the dead of night the frame is frozen. Through this nocturnal window the anatomy of India can be momentarily observed.
 Nightscapes is a series of nocturnes composed of spectral cities, enchanted slums and rural berceuses. 
Nightscapes is my portrait of India.

I am currently looking for a gallery in Berlin to exhibit Nightscape. Please contact me at info@gavinevans.com if you are an interested venue.

Nightscapes- Indian Nocturnes by Gavin Evans

Download Fume and create a soundtrack to this hauntingly beautiful short movie by Berlin based photographer and filmmaker Gavin Evans.
Fume is a canvas for musicians and established or aspiring film composers. Gavin recognises the need of resources for artists- Fume is one such resource.
Submit your soundtrack to Gavin Evans for inclusion in the Film For Music (FFM) database. The FFM database illustrates, by comparison, how musical interpretation affects visual and emotional perception. The FFM database is an evolving platform and showcase for film composers.
Use ‘Fume' for your showreel.
Commercial, public performance or broadcast (tv or online) with prior agreement/ permission from Gavin Evans. © Copyright of ‘Fume’ visuals remains the intellectual property of Gavin Evans. © Copyright of music/ soundtrack remains the intellectual property of the musician/ composer. Editing of the film/ visuals is strictly not permitted.
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Fume- a film for musicians and film composer by Gavin Evans

Berlin premiere of 'Diving' by Gavin Evans, winter 2014

An uninterrupted chain of events; one artist, one subject, one camera, one light, one musician deliver a pure signal. Diving is film composed for music comprising nine silent cinematic movements. Each ‘movement’ is a portrait in slow-motion of an individual who has undergone extraordinary, often unimaginable, life changing experiences. HIV, addiction, violence, trauma and paralysis are some of the issues explored. Diving is accompanied live by a musician, cellist Ashia Grzesik, who conveys the emotions as they unfold onscreen; film and music are both intrinsic and inextricable. Throughout Diving the unquestioned trust between artist and subject unlocks moments of profound intimacy as suppressed or harboured emotions surface. These shared moments engage the audience in catharsis, reassurance or self-reflection.

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