Love Bites - Photography Series (2023)
 

Love Bites is a fine art photography series by Oscar Wenman-Hyde that examines modern love through the darkest lens. Set in an alternate world, we find a couple who are deep within an expired relationship and they must find the strength to leave before their love consumes them. Created in collaboration with Gloucester based make up artist, Tara Page, the characters endure a deathly transition from lovers to rose embedded, Vasculents. 

 

Throughout the six chapters on display, Love Bites poses the question of when love dies, how far do you go to keep it alive? Our antagonists lead this unspoken debate by questioning their moments of intimacy, and without having the courage to end this chapter in each other's lives, they end up losing more than they were bargaining for.

 

Whilst many of the themes in the photography series are universal and relatable, Love Bites aims to bring to light the emotional toll expired love can have, not only on the heart and mind but also on the body.  By using metaphoric visuals to tell the story, Love Bites is an exploration into the depths of the human psyche, to determine whether love ever gives more than it takes.