“What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.”
Photo Credit: Philip Flowers
About Me
As a Black man in the U.S., I have often felt a certain emotional isolation that has distanced me from the world around me. Inspired by guerilla filmmaking and photojournalism, I work within that isolation to unearth what can be found in that space.
I melt into how my subjects see and feel at a given moment, and I then usher the viewer into that moment. To compose a tangible experience for the viewer, I prefer to shoot my subjects from behind to give viewers a parallel view of sorts that invites them into the subject’s point of view. I also pay special attention to the depth of field to fully form this enveloping experience of adopting the subject’s point of view in a photo. Texture has life in the foreground of my compositions while the background prioritizes scale. And the lighting in my work is as naturalistic as possible, maybe involving the occasional reflector for outdoor shoots to bounce sunlight.
It is all about keeping the integrity of how the naked eye experienced a moment first. And at the end, my connection to the viewer is found in sharing in the gravity of the experience of the person I am shooting. I am trying to tell someone’s story to someone else as I work to understand it in real time myself.
I look forward to the opportunity to collaborate and help your vision come to life! To discuss possible shoots or projects, please get in touch with me directly using the contact form below, via email, or on Instagram.
email: notprofessorxavier@gmail.com IG: @notprofessorx
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