This series is an inquiry into the fragile architecture of memory, expressed through visual metaphors inspired by transient luminous events—those rare, atmospheric bursts that illuminate the sky for only an instant. Like these phenomena, memory is elusive: it surfaces unpredictably, glowing briefly before dissolving into obscurity. Each image becomes a threshold between presence and absence, where recognition flickers and fades.

The recurring motif of a solitary flower anchors this exploration. Rendered in soft focus and minimal detail, the flower resists clarity, embodying the instability of recollection. Its blurred silhouette hovers within fields of muted gray and blue, while sudden pulses of color—crimson, orange, violet—flare against the haze. These chromatic bursts echo the way vivid fragments of experience erupt within the fog of forgetting, signaling beauty’s brevity and the impossibility of holding time still.

Through a restrained palette and atmospheric gradients, the series encoraged sensation over certainty. Minimalism and ethereality guide the compositions, inviting viewers to inhabit a space of quiet introspection. Here, clarity is not the goal; instead, the works evoke the ineffable drift of memory, where what we almost remember glows for a moment before vanishing. In this interplay of blur and brightness, color and cloud, the images seek to render the fragile luminosity of impermanence.

See Me is a series of self-portraits that dig into the psyche of representation and self-love. Through the use of the blur I slowly reveal parts of myself that I at times kept hidden: because of self-doubt, Imposter Syndrome and even embarrassment. As Black men we are often told to stay calm, speak softly, hide our emotions and feelings and stay in our prescribed space. See Me reclaims the struggles, emotions and places that Black men have so often kept others from viewing. Today I choose what I reveal.  

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Transitional Self is a personal exploration of identity, self-love, and acceptance captured through a series of self-portraits revisited over the last decade. These images reveal a layered and sometimes abstracted view of myself, inviting the viewer into a hidden world shaped by self-doubt, external pressures, and the daily traumas that men of color often navigate. Through the deliberate use of blur, I slowly expose parts of myself that have been concealed by self-doubt, external pressures, and the cumulative effect of daily trauma. This work is an assertion of presence—a reclamation of the struggles and spaces that have too often been kept from view. I ask you to see me completely.