Mick Hartley

Photographer Gavin Burnett at Whitby Goth Weekend:

[Images: Gavin Burnett]

Burnett has launched a kickstarter campaign to publish his book Peculiar Portraits, an A5, 142-page hardback with around 120 studio portraits and more than 15 images from the streets of Whitby.

"It was quite surreal at times in the darkened studio, having normal conversations with vampires and asking ghouls about where they live," he continues. "But it's all really great fun. It's been an incredible journey, and now it's time to enter the next phase and turn this project into a photo book. The outfits are an extension of these festival goers' personalities, and I felt they deserved to be captured. If you love portraiture, alternative culture, the weird and absurd, goth fashion, or are just purely into photography. I think you'll be excited about this book."