This photoset is inspired by the concept that true beauty shines through no matter what you do to someone, and indeed, sometimes there is beauty in the destruction itself.

Strapped to a respirator day and night, she survives, but does she really live...

A little trim here, a little slice there.... fashion is all in the cut.

In japan there is a fashion called Lolita, inspired by innocence, where girls dress in frills and headbows. It has many sub categories, one of which is Sweet Lolita, a natural very pretty look.

But what if we made a real "Sweet" Lolita.

It is broadly assumed that sex is a forgone conclusion on your wedding night, many still staying chaste until wedlock.

But what if you said no.

Addicted to you, don't you know that you're toxic.

Beauty destroyed or artwork created. The body is merely the canvas.

Dressed in rubbish and covered in leftovers, yet never to be heard talking trash.

Beauty shines through no matter what 'trash' you dress it in.

A lethal cocktail, the metal coursing through her veins.

The Japanese Geisha. The pinnacle of beauty and talent, performers and entertainers.

Tonight however, she wears a different mask.

Horror film scream queens, the beautiful girls that get relentlessly and brutally stalked, chased and killed.

Somehow to me they seem more beautiful (less vacuous and superficial) as they fight for life than when they are seen squandering it to begin with.

The Black Dahlia, the infamous murder that has reached near iconic status.

It seems like a natural fit to do a shoot based on it.