An Average Man Traveling the Tigris and Euphrates with a Heart.
With this shoot there were 3 things I sought out to explore.
1. Growing up my friends and I used to play and explore in the woods. I wanted to recreate those memories with the model. Taking on feline-like positioning, I had my model climb, hunt and adapt to the environment.
2. With a hero name like Black Panther and within the context of my series, it was impossible for me to not want to refer to the Black Panther movement and Civil Rights. I wanted to update the social context of the conversation within the Black Lives Matter movement.
3. Taking the shoot indoors, I had my model take on the role of a domesticated cat doing things such as jumping up on the counters and using a litter box.