ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The particular series I am sending in focuses on issues concerning skin damage and perception of skin. It seems that documenting skin in black and white could give us less visual information, but I have found that the opposite is true. Through photographing in grayscale, I have simplified and highlighted various issues related to environmental impact that lie just below the skin’s surface. I’ve brought to light different realities concerning skin such as exaggeration of skin tone, UV damage, acne scars and blemishes, birthmarks, and visible veins. My hope for this series is to bring to light what is otherwise unseen by the naked eye. By not censoring imperfections, I’ve found that they work to our advantage in creating more depth and texture, resulting in portraits that recognize all aspects of living skin.

AUTHOR
I am an analog and digital photographer based in New York with a fond love for black and white portraiture. I started photographing when I was 11 with my mother's Leica and ever since, I have been making a name for myself as a photographer. I graduated in 2013 from The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore with a BFA in photography.

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