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Blackout: Kingston 12, Jamaica
- Small Axe
- Duke University Press
- Volume 17, Number 2, July 2013 (No. 41)
- pp. 243-254
- Article
- Additional Information
Instead of dismissing skin bleaching, this photographic project's intention is to understand both the practice and the means by which a person would attempt to ascertain some kind of beauty where many saw none. Some proclaimed it was merely a fad; others felt it elevated their confidence. This concept may have been born from a flawed perception of beauty, through global advertising. They are entitled to their portrayal.