An Ongoing Series by Apaige Photography
I created this project with a mindset of political resistance.
I was and am mad about the diversion of our country, the separation of families, and the outright racist comments that are being allowed in America, today.
I am photographing different genders, races, sexual identities, sexual preferences, and trying to get a large range of people to represent humans in America. Obviously I am confined to Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I am reaching out as far as I can to achieve this difference.
These quotes are taken from the recordings, in which I re-listen to again and again while I take notes, to really find the perfect one.
When all images are up in a space, the viewer will automatically see the difference in gender, race, and sexuality, however, none of the models are labeled by those things. Instead they are labeled as Human qualities: first names, age, characteristic, and opinion. They are not labeled their race, their sexuality, their preference for who they love.
