UNSPUN STUDIO PRESENTS
THE DIGNITY OF THE UNLIT
There is a gaze that flatters.
And there is a gaze that flattens.
We’ve been taught to pose for the former and survive the latter.
But some artists refuse both.
Some artists don’t light their subjects to be seen.
They trust the skin to carry its own voltage.
The Dignity of the Unlit is UNSPUN Studio’s new visual series—a curated archive of Black portraiture t…
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