The Darkest Colour – a photo series by self taught 23 year old Gabonese photographer Yannis Davy Guibinga. To wit:
The series is set in front of a matte black background and features two nude models whose skin has also been painted black. The works seek to unpack the negative aspects of the both the colour and its symbolism.
More of his work here.
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These are beautiful.
Stunning.
Black isn’t a colour
gorgeous
Would they still be beautiful and stunning if the artist and model were Icelandic?
Oh definitely not
we are leftie self hating white folks who can only find beauty in the other
cop on would ye
So you’re saying that ‘blackface’ isn’t always racist depending on context. Noted for next halloween.
Yes that’s exactly what I said….
that’s some twisted logic you follow there
So answer the question then. Would these photographs be as beautiful if they were white people painted black. Would that be alright?
If you painted white people black, what message do you think you would be trying to convey? What do you imagine the artist is conveying here?
Well were not fuppin looking at those pics are we?
You having a bad week rotide? Coming across a real ladypart recently.
that’s one spectacular missing of the point there, rotide
I think you are asking a question irrelevant to this black African artist’s choice of colour and lighting for his work
Perhaps if a white[1] photographer took pictures of white[1] people painted white[1] (on a white[1] matt background) it would be the same.
[1] slightly pinky-white
An equivalent installation with a white model painted white against a white background could be pretty gorgeous, potentially.
But otherwise don’t be such a cheap and lazy culture war edgelord Ro, it doesn’t suit you.
these are magnificent.
amazing work
It’s like…how much more black could this be?
And the answer is none….none more black.