Concept:

‘Headlies’ is a text and visual project that uses real newspaper headlines but the stories beneath them are fabricated and fictional. Newspapers often take sides and we, the reader, judge on humanity from its text and photograph. From the newspaper’s perspective, access to public information is a good thing but a newspaper’s function surely is to tell the society about itself and to be a pollinator of its information? Its role is to inform the citizens but as information gradually travels down, the citizens become ill-advised, ill-prepared and mis-informed.


THE FIRST STEPS TO A SMOOTHER SKIN.

When one has a baby, one is very sensitive to its upbringing, exposures in life and…. skin. Research has shown that the more exposure to the outside world a child has from its day of birth, the tougher the skin becomes thus being adverse to extreme climates against its skin. The research was first initiated in a village tribe in the Deep South where certain ‘coming of age’ rituals were deemed as acts of vanity. Mainly celebrities have adopted the ritual which consists of leaving the young child outside for a number of hours with a five minute break every hour for a drink. Some cycle around with them strapped into the bay’s seat on the back of the bike. Residents from the Deep South community say ““We welcome anyone, we do, we really do.”


Caption: 'You have to start early if you want to look young' by Andreas Zingerle, Austria, Europe.


CAPTION: 'Coats are for southern Jessie's'by Paul Sucksmith, Newcastle.


CAPTION:'More cuts hit the high street' by Lorna Barrowclough, Leeds, West Yorkshire.