Shades of Blackness Volume 4: “Do you Really See Me?”

16"x20" Lenticular Print Shades of Blackness Volume 4, "Do you Really See Me?" is a continuation of my photographic series investigating how we as Black people see ourselves.  I've always used flowers as a medium to engage and draw people in; they are an alluring tool of beauty. In recent years, I began incorporating photography into my art practice for its ability to communicate with the viewer in a more accessible and universal way. Historically, the black body has been portrayed as dangerous or less than. By combining my floral work and portrait photography I hope to encourage a new way of seeing our bodies; to show us as gentle, regal, sensual, elevated.  For this edition, I chose to work with a lenticular printer.  The format has the ability to add dimension, texture and angles to a 2D object. My subjects are fixed but within the lenticular format, there is constant movement and evolution happening in real time. Rather than presenting you with a beautiful image you can quickly mov