This is a mix of two images. One I took in the morning, the second in the evening. I had my head shaved at around noon. I used these identical images of myself with and without hair to create a distorted mirror image. Whichever side you look at and whatever meaning you assign it, it is still part of the whole image. I saw this image as a template for thinking about my identity. It made me think about stereotypes associated with my gender and race. It also made me think about my relationship with myself. Even when I do something to free myself from my identity (like shaving my head), it is difficult to think outside the terms of the identity assigned to me by society and history. I am told by people and by the internet the type of man I am supposed to be. I took this photo at eye level to show that even just a selfie can influence our worldview in many ways; it can open our eyes to new faces, or it can it keep us boxed in, staring at the mirror.