OFF THE GROUND
"OFF THE GROUND" is an on-going visual collection that explores the hidden beauties and possibilities of African narratives that can be told differently and still maintain a truthful reality. In the pursuit of stories to silence the voices of Africans and African Americans, Off the Ground presents as a retaliation to Westernized stories that keep blackness boxed in the same place it has been told to make its bed in.
They are the narratives that have kept our brothers and sisters bound to the same stories that have left them timid and conformed to stereotypes. Stereotypes have prevented Africans from being properly fully seen and have hidden black individuals that are existing in a way that is not recognized. This idea of rising above the stereotypes and living in a way that is free of popularized narratives is what brings about what it means to fly; to be “off the ground”
The project aims to collect images that are taken in an array of different contexts and showcase the stories and representation of black bodies in scenarios and realities that we are missing from Western mainstream media and our day to day thoughts.
