Malaysian photographer and performance artist, Jemima Yong, presents a series of photos from Wrecked – a production recently performed at Wilton’s Music Hall. Set against the political instability of Nineteenth Century Paris, Wrecked tells the true story of Théodore Géricault. Géricault, an artist whose surviving documents and images help paint the portrait of his dramatic life, is taken from the brink of madness by a doomed love affair to the creation of his greatest painting, The Raft of Medusa. Wrecked was written and directed by John East and Pete Reed of the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. All images © copyright of Jemima Yong.

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About the Photographer
Jemima Yong is a performance artist and photographer from Singapore, born in Malaysia and currently residing in London. Part of Yong’s work in photography is concerned in capturing the meeting point between the real and the imagined.

Related links
• Performance Photography: see more photography by Jemima Yong.

Adam Levy is a London-based theatre photographer who, for this series of images, turns his attention to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009 and a one-woman rendition of August Strindberg’s play The Stronger. The production is directed by Caroline Devlin and performed by Laura Pradelska. This short one-act play unfolds in a “ladies’ cafe” between two female characters Miss X and Miss Y, only one of whom speaks. The Stronger runs until the 31st of August at Jury’s Inn in Edinburgh. All images © copyright of Adam Levy.

      

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About the photographer
Adam Levy has been taking photographs since a young age. It was not long before he combined his passion for photographs with his love of stage, and Adam is now a London based show photographer. In addition, Adam has always had a strong interest for fine art photography, which he still explores both through his theatre work and other projects.

Related links
• Adam Levy: professional photography portfolio.
• The Stronger: production website for Caroline Devline and Laura Pradelska’s fringe play.
• Read the play: read a free version of Strindberg’s The Stronger courtesy of the Gutenberg Project.