Black men have always been looked at under a microscope that has already been tainted to project a negative, “hood-like” persona upon us.  To America, our skin color says it all. We’re constantly judged before we can even utter a sentence or take a breath. In this series of work, I’ve put the viewer in the shoes of black men living in America by interviewing others, but also telling my story which has been intertwined with one of the country’s most historical terrorist attacks, September 11th. 

MFA Thesis (2024)

My thesis project highlights current black artists from different sectors and backgrounds within the culture that I find important to me. I’ve decided to separate this project into two components. The first component is the photography series. In order to make this project effective, I had to make sure that I wasn’t just meeting with my friends and acquaintances. The focus of the project was to include and talk about the place that I’ve grown up and hold close to my heart, New York. Using the abundance of resources that I have at my fingertips, I put out a model call on social media to reach out to the black community to help me with this project.