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I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. - Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
“My images bear witness to the often invisible or overlooked members of our communities. I create portraits as a means to confront and question cultural and racial assumptions, stereotypes and fears, and to provide a counter-image and counter-narrative of self-worth and personal agency.
Amid the pandemic and nationwide protests spurred by the recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and George Floyd in Minnesota, I find myself returning to Ralph Ellison’s text. The Invisible Man. Ellison’s portrayal of how black men are perceived and received resonates deeply with my personal experience, the urgency of the moment, and my drive to capture, and for the viewer to see, the complexity of race and identity.” - Séan Alonzo Harris
Nor is my invisibility exactly a matter of a biochemical accident to my epidermis. That invisibility to which I refer occurs because of a peculiar disposition of the eyes of those with whom I come in contact. A matter of the construction of their inner eyes, those eyes with which they look through their physical eyes upon reality. - Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
