Photographer Mikael Owunna's 'Infinite Essence' Transforms People

Frustrated by dehumanizing media images of black people, photographer Mikael Owunna uses fluorescent paint and UV light to adorn his subjects in stars, revealing magic as "infinite as the universe."
Frustrated by dehumanizing media images of black people, photographer Mikael Owunna uses fluorescent paint and UV light to adorn his subjects in stars, revealing magic as infinite as the universe.

Cosmologies by Mikael Owunna at ClampArt - Artland

Black Bodies Painted and Photographed Like the Cosmos by Mikael Owunna — Colossal

Mikael Owunna Studios

Mikael Owunna Studios

Mikael Owunna Expands Notions of Blackness - Black Pittsburgh

Mikael Owunna (@mikaelowunna) • Instagram photos and videos

Introducing Our 2022 Grantees The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

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