photographer deems fit for his creation. The
pictures taken through Lightroom, Photoshop
and other editing software to create a total-
ly different version of themselves which they
themselves can barely recognize. Their pains
and struggles are often romanticized and
turned into a piece of art which is just virtual
while they still struggle offline with abuse un-
provoked.
E
lihu’s project does more
than exploring the beauty
of albinism. It is a call to
action to end discrimina-
tion against people living
with such conditions.
Even today, in Ghana: a
hyper-religious country
deeply buried in spirituality coupled with our
heavy sense of superstition makes it even more
difficult for people living with these conditions
to be safe.
PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTE:
My main motto is “fighting
against the powers that be”
These powers though most-
ly invisible are intertwined
with our everyday lives and
endeavors. The media is the
biggest culprit, and theories
like the hypodermic needle
shows the power of the me-
dia to influence. As an indi-
vidual who has always been
seen as a bit off…not con-
forming to standards, this
project, a first of its kind
seeks to embrace the idea
of being a misfit, celebrate
“being off” and relishing in
individuality. This is my own
way of fighting discrimina-
tion.
W
hen
Martin
Luther
King
gave the
I HAVE
A
DREAM speech, this was what it meant to
me. We cheered to that speech whenever we
watch it and may years into the future, we still
segregate. The speech was against segregation
by race. We are still faced by segregation to
the point where the lack of pigment is enough
reason to hate our own. These people to a
point are hunted like games. They are believed
to possess special powers which translates to
wealth. This project to is one of the many proj-
ects I will be working on to tackle the phenom-
enon of discrimination.
Photography by SalutingTheSunPhotography