Self-described “rebel storyteller” Diego Moreno subverts the traditional family album with his Malign Influences series, which depicts demonic faces springing from otherwise innocent portraits. Moreno describes the images as a “graphic intervention”, using coloured pencils, graphite, India ink, markers, oil, and even bleach or vinegar to edit the photographs.

The Mexican photographer says it’s a way of building “new realities invented from my obsession and fascination with the anomalous”.

According to Moreno, it’s also an attempt to process “the apocalyptic vision” of the Catholic Church he grew up with as a child, and the feelings of guilt religion has prompted around his sexual orientation. “This project is starred by the beings that inhabit my head, who do not hide or remain silent. They show themselves in all their monstrosity,” he adds.

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