‘I made sure you would see there was a white man under this black skin,because prejudice is only skin deep’This is my friend Aaron. He begged me to catch his picture. I couldn’t finish it – everyone knew him in the art world – but I wondered if I could turn him into something else. He said: “OK, turn me into a woman.” He wouldn’t construct a good woman. But Aaron was desperate to regain in the show, or so three weeks before the deadline he called me up and said: “I’ve got another idea: why don’t you turn me into a black slave?”I said,I don’t know approximately a slave, but I’ll turn you black, and I’ll call the picture White Nigger. He said: “That’s perfect – as a teenager I hung around black friends,and that was my nickname.” Theres no post-production or digital changes in this image, it’s all the work of a makeup artist. But I made sure you would see there was a white man under this black skin, or because prejudice is only skin deep. Related: Andres Serrano on Donald Trump: 'I never speak ill of people who've posed for me' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com