NOIRS

Noirs is a quest for closeness, for reciprocity,
a visual language of intimacy and inner truth.
It brings Black identity into sharp focus,
revealing its richness in the smallest details,
radiating from within, outward.

Bold portraits in black and white, austere, unadorned, free from props or distractions,
offer one pure encounter: Black on Black, a dialogue of tones.

I delve into the grain of black-and-white photography,
not to mute, but to magnify.
Every curve, every line, every feature is celebrated: eyes, hair, mouth, noise, hands.
Each one something to honor, something to be proud of.

The skin reveal itself as it is, without artifice, but with reverence,
a beauty so intrinsic, it defies concealment
in its rawness, its dignity, its glow, its quiet power.
The sitters rise, beyond circumstance.
Their gestures, their fierce stares,
speaking of forward motion,
moving away from tropes of sorrow, exoticism, or despair
and situates it within a symbolic, aesthetic realm.
Faces and bodies that echo pride, hope, and resilience across time and generations
A clear self-affirmation.