Nail-Biting Still Life Scenes by Aaron Tilley & Kyle Bean for Kinfolk Magazine.

Shot for the latest ‘Adrenaline’ issue of Kinfolk magazine, ‘In Anxious Anticipation’ is a playful nail-baiting photo series by set designer Kyle Bean and photographer Aaron Tilley. The series of still life images feature everyday items in compromising ‘just about to happen’ moments, evoking adrenaline-fuelled feelings of suspense.

The images accompany an article by Jordan Kushins exploring the relationship between body and mind during an adrenaline rush. Describing the feeling, Josh evocatively shares: “A telltale thump of the heart, the flush feeling that starts in your chest and spreads to your fingertips, the tightening of muscles and the quickening of breath: the effects of adrenaline are positively pulse-pounding, but the physical whoosh we feel in our bodies actually starts in our brains.”

[Images courtesy of Kyle Bean, Aaron Tilley and Kinfolk.]