feature: brazilian photographer martin shankar declares war on racial, gender, and sexuality norms

The mission statement for Brazilian photographer Martin Shankar’s series ‘D I V I N D A D E S’ is clear: “The Gods declare war on normativity!” The empowering and political project challenges not only the heteronormative narrative, but how that narrative is further perpetuated in gay and queer relationships. Shankar rejects these limiting standards by using this series as an expression of defiance. Check it out down below.

Models: Aleff Bernardes and Aleff Bernardes

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