Photographer Patrick Halls likes to make the people he takes photos of uncomfortable in order to “capture a real emotion”. It is no wonder that for his latest project, he decided to stun his subjects with a taser.

A demonstrator wears a message on a t-shirt in Tahrir Square on May 27, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said that there would be no use of violence against protests dubbed “the Second Revolution of Anger” taking place in Cairo and other cities in Egypt. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Wladimir Klitschko (L) and David Haye attend a press conference on June 27, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany to preview the heavy weight title fight between them which will be held on the 2nd July 2011 at the Imtech Arena. (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is seen over the sky near Inari in Lapland, Finland on February 14, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Kuznetsov/Reuters)

A young festivalgoer jumps to burst a bubble at Latitude Festival at Henham Park, Britain, July 22, 2021. (Photo by Peter Cziborra/Reuters)

Opera singers perform in the pool “AquAria PALAOA” during a rehearsal at the swimming pool Neukoelln on April 27, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The premiere of the underwater opera AquAria PALAOA is on May 1st. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who is pregnant, welcomes the spouses of heads of state at at Le Ciro's Resaturant on the second day of the G8 Summit on May 27, 2011 in Deauville, France. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Lady Gaga performs on ABC's “Good Morning America” at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on May 27, 2011 in New York, United States. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)