Rab Townsend

@hatebunny.bsky.social

Late 30s. Photographer, writer, composer. Woe-betide-thee prophet of the present day. He/him. Toronto. These images are portents of doom: missives from the hidden world within our world. Feel shame and terror, please. But boost them if you like them.

Some days, i work with a model and feel absolutely ecstatic. So eager to edit the photos and share them. Some days, the absolute joylessness that i am confronted with in this industry makes me feel like i could sacrifice those ecstatic days to experience greater happiness.

I love when I'm editing a set of photos, and notice for the first time that the model actually cried for them. "Oh, you shed a tear for my sake?!" Feels like a little blessing. (Contextually, it's important to remember how important emotion is in my photos).

TV and movie pet peeve: a conversation that begins in one setting, and then continues in a different setting that would have taken several minutes or even hours to get to, as if they just shut up for hours and continues talking in the new location.