Face 2 (top), Face 5 (bottom)

Face 2 and Face 5 are part of a series titled “Face” that works to reimagine my relationship with my body as a Black woman. Inspired by Japanese television, these photographs highlight key sites of tension such as my lips, nose, and eyes and deal with the complex relationship between body hair and womanhood. “Face” is a declaration that my body is mine — mine to love, mine to change and mine to show.