I once heard that some cultures believe that photography can steal your soul and that the process was disrespectful to the spiritual world. When finding an old Spotlight, the UK’s largest casting directory for actors, I began removing the faces in order to free the soul of the sitter.

In removing the faces from the book, the cut out photograph from the previous pages got revealed, making a succession of freed souls.

In Chiapas, Mexico, there are towns, which still adhere to the old Mayan ways, and although most of the people today allow their photograph to be taken, infants are protected. It is still believed the souls of infants are fragile and are susceptible to leaving the body.

These books taken from my altered Spotlight book are dedicated to all the fragile souls that are susceptible to leaving.