38% of missing children are Black , even though Black children only make up about 14% of all children in the US.
Vanished Meadows
Brooklyn, NY
2020
2020
My project examines the lack of media representation and urgency surrounding missing Black women and girls in America. Historically, there has been a clear disparity in how cases involving white children and children of color are treated. This imbalance dates back to the early stages of the missing persons crisis, which gained national attention following the disappearance of a young white boy.
Silenced Voices
Brooklyn, NY
Fall 2021
Fall 2021
Silenced voices is a series I'm currently creating that takes inspiration from “Vanished Meadows” and the lack of media representation and attention that indigenous women in America are getting within the missing person epidemic and beyond. I contacted Indigenous women from across the US and Canada to share out their stories of family members and tried to bring their emotions into the portraits I painted of them.
Meaningful voices is a website created
to amplify voices of thoes who tend to
go unheard.
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