In 2007 Paul Chapman completed his Masters of Art and Design at Auckland’s Institute of Technology. A CLINICAL PRACTICE adds new work to the original photographic submission at AUT. The artist’s practical research investigated a contemporary representation for suicide. In context of his study - a person who has taken their own life is the ‘author’ of their death, and the researcher is the ‘reader’ of this event. Chapman investigated how the reader imposes his or her own narrative upon the author. “The problem a suicide leaves is a “whydunnit” on one level, which is glaringly obvious, because for one reason or another, this person chooses to die. This final ending is seldom witnessed; leaving a dead body that invites comparisons to a CSI scenario, complete with clues that need deciphering in the best traditions of Sherlock Holmes, inviting narration and fictionalization”.