The Seven Sins newspaper tabloid exploration involved 7 respective mediums for each of the seven deadly sins, and a written definition of each from my research and own ideas. My writings were rooted in phenomenology, etymology, and history, of these ideas.
Lust takes the form of collage featuring Sigmund Freud in a cat mask on the analyst couch. My writing asks if the Original Sin was actually that of seeking the forbidden knowledge, and the implications that followed, rather than following the traditional definition of original sin in our births.
Photo and art direction of Greed saw many iterations of staged imagery in a local cemetery.
Found image and paired writing was used to discuss Envy.
Photo and manipulation of Sloth lazing in the prairie grass with a melting clock.
Wrath was portrayed with found and manipulated objects that were scanned.
Gluttony typographically represented by balloon letters spelling out “Consume.”
Pride featuring a poem by Muhammed Ali, “Me, We.”
The following images are some of those found in the publication; please see below embed to view the tabloid as a whole with writing and layout included.
The lust collage, complete with Sigmund Freud in a cat mask, asking if the Original Sin was lusting for knowledge.
Sloth lazing in the grass as time melts on.
Pride: a poem by Muhammad Ali “Me, We.”
Wrath - found object manipulation
Envy using found imagery with writing overlay. Image from a Slavic fairytale about a jealous step mother who cuts off her daughter’s golden hair.
Greed - staged art direction in a cemetery as reminder: we can’t take these objects with us.