Daemons

Inspired by the intimacy of Lee Jeffries’ portraits and the metaphysical world of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Daemons reimagines homeless men as mythic figures—humans whose daemon companions are not lost but visible, fused into their very being.

Each diptych presents a transformation: man into animal, flesh into spirit, wound into wildness. The owl, the lionfish, the hawk, the cat, the leopard— not just aesthetic overlays but spirit echoes, totems surfacing from within. In Pullman’s world, daemons are manifestations of soul. Here, they are companions in survival—feral, alert, watchful. Guardians of a private nigredo—a psychic breakdown, a dark night of the soul, close to the surface of the skin.

This series does not seek to romanticise, but to restore dignity, mystery, and a kind of spiritual sovereignty to those who often go unseen.