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Since 1991 I have used
photography as the vehicle for discourses on sexuality. Beginning with
the sex and money project, the metaphoric images of gogo dancers with
cash belts were used to posit a bridge between the viewer, the concept
of sexuality and it's relation to money. Next in the book Prometheus,
the topic transposes to sexuality and racism. I redirect the Greek myth
of the creation of man from the Caucasus to his known anthropological
origins in Africa. By producing sensuous portraits of African-American
men, I aimed to modulate the cultural image of both God and creation
from the white marble to the black skin. The trilogy on sexuality will
close with a book on the topic of Sex and Power. Certain that if art has the power to liberate people of their prejudices, I believe that self-awareness requires the analysis of sexuality. Sex has to be understood and not just looked at as tabu material or as a commodity , objectified and but not really discussed. It's time to grow up, to be able to talk openly about ourselves without fear of being labeled and dismissed.
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