What is abandoned will decay; what we do not feed and nurture will die: love, hate, anger. An exploration into the nature of decay and the many ways we abandon, Liam Morgan’s Abandon/Decay series are allegorical self-portraits involving non-attachment and our selective use of abandonment as an emotional tool. How something is abandoned dictates the way it decays.

Some objects, found in a state of decay, are posed for the camera long after being abandoned. Others are symbolic objects introduced into scenes of decay; purposely left behind in the hope that they will stay there. Decayed, the objects often lose their symbolic power over the one who cast them off, but not always.

Genre-bending Canadian photo-artist and filmmaker Liam Morgan has lived in Thailand for ten years since he was twenty. His work ranges from gonzo documentary to musical portraiture, from still life to experimental photo print-making; to probe the uneasy role of photographer and the strange nature of the medium itself. His work has appeared in many international publications, with an upcoming photographic book entitled ‘Back: Behind Da Bone’.

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