Omar Bermamet
Twink Death: A Cautionary Tale
Now almost 40, I reflect on the past decade of my life, which has come to be defined by a perpetual mourning of all that once made me the sprightly creature that shaped my identity. This work explores aging, loss, and desirability through the lens of my own slow, increasingly undignified transition out of twinkhood. Combining staged and documentary photography featuring subjects, objects, and myself, I construct a visual narrative drawn from my thoughts, fears, and memories, examining the experience of aging out of twinkdom in the shallow and, at times, unforgiving world of the modern gay man. The work invites viewers to reflect on the relationship between identity, desirability, and the slow detonation of my waistline.
Taryn Barling • Omar Bermamet • Amanda Braide • Sofia De Rosa • Karl Francis Quigley • Zoe Sandford • Ivana Tumbeva •
Boomsatsuma
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Print
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Carmarthen School of Art
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University of Chester
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Crawford College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Griffith College Dublin
BA (Hons) Communications and Media Production
TU Dublin
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IADT Dún Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography + Visual Media
Falmouth University
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City of Glasgow College
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Hereford College of Arts
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Kingston School of Art
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Leeds Arts University
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Leeds Trinity University
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Limerick School of Art and Design
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University of Lincoln
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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University of Greater Manchester
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Middlesex University
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Munster Technological University
BA (Hons) Photography with New Media
National College of Art and Design
University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
Norwich University of the Arts
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Open College of the Arts
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Arts University Plymouth
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Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Commercial Photography
University of Portsmouth
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University of Salford
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Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography