Rotten (2025-) is an ongoing body of work exploring decay, vulnerability and transformation.
The Agony explores our personal journey navigating harsh environments twisted in a dark fantasy with a hint of hysteria. Despite home's warmth, loneliness lingers. Bound in this maze, we find solace in connection, self love and humour.
A collaborative project with Creative Director & Stylist In Yoon.
As seen in the series, In Yoon and Iwan ApJohn-Williams explore the inner agony between love and chaos. Amidst each person's pain and temptations, Yoon contemplates what we should value in life. She hopes each viewer interprets solely and feels the series of work in their own unique way. It can be a small resonance or an invisible infinite meaning.
Exploring the life of ancient Greek poet Sappho through the last remaining fragments of her poetry translated by various sources.
Her work is regarded as some of the most inspiring and influential words of her time, regarded as the "Tenth Muse."
Iwan’s project titled Girls You Be Ardent, a quote from one of Sappho's poems, is a visual exploration of female romance and friendship. Her poetry was a way to express her sexuality in a society that suppressed it.
The first part of the project was captured on the Greek island of Lefkada where she lived. Iwan captured the second half in Cornwall with models to tell the story.
Using post production and 3D assets to bring studio and locations together he has interpreted her words in his own body of work.
Our Last looks back on Iwan’s childhood memories of visiting his Taid (Grandad) in North Wales with his cousins, and the deep sense of family tied to that place.
The project was triggered by the passing of his Taid in January 2023, transforming grief into inspiration and offering a way to process the memories shared with his family in North Wales.
The work brings together family archive images of people and place with new photographs made in collaboration with his cousin, responding to themes of memory, family, and loss. The project also incorporates 3D technology, adding sculptural elements that explore fragmented memory, as well as the creation of “ghosts” through garments Iwan made specifically for the project, fully embracing the idea of absence and presence.
The title Our Last comes from an archive photograph of his Taid and his wife. On the back, he had written, “Our last summer together 2002.” Iwan’s grandmother passed away that summer, and the title stands as a quiet tribute to both him and his words.
