My photography assignment was a retelling of the story of the Last Unicorn, based on The Unicorn Tapestries. The tapestries depict  hunters and their hounds chasing a unicorn after realising it has magical properties. The unicorn is coaxed into an enclosure by a virgin maiden, safe from the violence but ultimately alone and trapped (Source: Wikipedia).

Instead of depicting the unicorn surrounded by fences, I wanted to focus on a part of the story that is often left out: the betrayal of the maiden. The cut-out heart and arrow embedded in the chest of the unicorn is a representation of the physical and emotional pain the unicorn feels after being deceived by someone they trust.