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.

Infinite Essence: Celestial Liberation spreads empowering Black artwork on billboards throughout Pittsburgh, Visual Art, Pittsburgh

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

Every Black Person Deserves To See Themselves This Way

Mikael Owunna (@mikaelowunna) • Instagram photos and videos

BOMB Magazine In Some Far-off Place, Many Light Years in Space,…

Winners International Photography Awards

Mikael Owunna On Enchanting Photo Series 'Infinite Essence: Celestial Liberation' - JARO Magazine

Mikael Owunna Art @ Duke Engineering

Photographer Mikael Owunna's 'Infinite Essence' Transforms People Into Cosmos : The Picture Show : NPR

BOMB Magazine In Some Far-off Place, Many Light Years in Space,…

Every Black Person Deserves To See Themselves This Way

Cosmological Photography as a Symbol of Power, Balance, and Origin Stories — Humble Arts Foundation

Silver Eye / The World In (Y)our Perfect Image