We've been fortunate to see black men represented in a completely new light over the years, where the softer sides of our identity are being showcased in full. That being said, a lot of the projects I’ve seen about masculinity lean too far into that and don’t consider that masculinity and femininity are part of a spectrum. With Pastel, I wanted to hone in on the fact that the box black men are often put into is unnatural to begin with. I decided to create these subtly surreal worlds to showcase just how unnatural the box the world tries to put us in is.

Creative Direction by C.T. Robert

Photography by C.T. Robert