Puke Portraits (2019-20)

Puke Portraits is a series of 56 self-portraits taken on my phone after being sick during my pregnancy.

After throwing up for the first time I looked so horrible that I took a photo of myself.

I was not always in the same location on each occasion, but I decided to show 10 of the ones in the bathroom of my flat here.

Hashtag diary entries accompany each picture, the text for 32nd is below.

32nd (10th December 2019)

#WhenIWokeUpIHadHorribleCramps

#ThenIWentToTheBathroomAndThoughtIWasGoingToBeSickButIWasNot

#GotBackIntoBed

#WentToTheBathroomLaterOnAndCouldFeelItComing

#ForSomeReasonThisMorningIJustDidNotWantToBeSickAndIThoughtIHadGottenAwayWithIt

#IShouldBeUsedToItNowButApparentlyIAmNot

#TodayIWorriedThatTheNeighboursCouldHearMeAndHaveHeardMeForTheMonthThatThisHasBeenHappening

#IThinkIfBeforeIHadBeenPregnantIHeardTheNeighbourBeingSickSoMuchIWouldHaveThoughtTheyHadAProblem

#ThatIsBadIKnow

#ItIsEasyToAssumeSicknessIsDueToAlcoholRatherThanOtherThings

#WhenISeeSickInTheStreetNowIWonderIfItActuallyIsNotAlcoholRelated

#IFeelLuckyThatIDoNotHaveTheExtremeSicknessThingLikeKateMiddleton

#ThisIsBadEnoughAndIFeelOverIt

#IAmTypingThisInTheEveningNowAndIAmFeelingSoSick

#IAmGettingBoredOfSnackingToTryToShutUpMySickness

#TheySayToNotEatMoreThanUsual

#ButIFeelSickAndSnackingHelpsSoWhatElseAmIToDo