To Outrun the Sun

Through photographing his own hands as well as the hands of friends and family, Toby Lamborn’s book, ‘To Outrun the Sun’, aims to create a platform to critically analyse the effects and everyday behaviours of masculinity. To gain context into present masculinities he draws on comparisons to its past forms by sequencing his own images alongside vernacular photographs of celebrity headshots. The subtle grandeur within the headshots reflect the ideals of previous times and it is these elements within the photos that are used compare to the present forms Toby Lamborn captures himself. Through the use of form, the sequencing drifts from these vernacular photographs, pictures of hands, to urban street scenes. Through this, he places himself in the middle of the critique. By displaying these urban scenes in the context of critiquing masculinity, it offers the reader to analyse whether masculinity effects how the photographer captures the environment around him. Overall the book uses different pockets of comparison to critique these subtle effects of masculinity and its influence. Whether it is through the movements of fingers, its marks on the flesh or the work the body produces.