Somewhere Over the __

As a young man, Shikeith was ostracized by his peers who challenged the authenticity of his black masculinity. That experience inspired him to explore the psychic and emotional landscapes of blackness and maleness in his work. Nude men, and in profile, the faces obscured, or adorned with flowers and balloons, all in black and white, photographer and filmmaker Shikeith’s images, from his “Somewhere over the _” exhibition with BunkerProjects gallery in Pittsburgh, bristle with questions: When do you become a black man? How were you raised to handle your emotions? Shikeith.com