‘Attention, Earth People’ is a series of images that I took between November 2024 and February 2025. I took inspiration from an older Circa Survive song called ‘Imaginary Enemy’ and ran with the concept of an invisible energy haunting you. Which led me to create the first image in the series. ‘Imaginary Enemy.’ This image visualises our perception of the unknown in an abstract way. When your vision isn’t tainted by other peoples emotions and opinions, and you only look inward, how do you approach something which you don’t quite get?
Right after that I started to create the second image, unable to let the story go. The small alien shaped TV which is portrayed in all the pictures, started to become the centre point of the series. What would happen if the little TV would actually be a portal to this supernatural, burning new world? My philosophical approach turned into a more wild, SciFi idea and ‘Burn, focus with a thirst unnatural’ was born.
Now what? We’ve looked inside ourselves, we’ve invited a haunting energy, what’s next? Well, the truth is: I didn’t want to know. So, I created an image that hinted at several different scenarios. ‘Make Me Talk!’ is the only image that was taken during the day. It’s a coordinated dance of shadow and light. The dancing people have escaped? Off to a better world? Are we there yet? Or are they taken? Their shadows giving it away? I guess we’ll never know.
All these pictures were taken in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. If you want, you can purchase the series in my shop.
In addition to the first three images being printed for an exhibition at Eindhoven Central Station, I shot a short promotional video.
