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Deeper into the soul

2019 Competition entry

Bongani Tshabalala

Details:
Not Signed
Photograph
44 x 66 cm
SOLD

Description:

The main in the photograph is looking straight at the viewer with teary eyes to reveal that most of us black men suffer inside because we are expected to act in a certain way in society, which is why black men are suffering due to society's standards and the stigma around black men showing their emotions.

The darker you are, the more you’re seen as an aggressive and unemotional kind of person, hence I used black and white to emphasise his real emotions.