Dek Unu Magazine - Kuro

Jamaican-American photographer Kuro, like others among the best fine art portrait-makers, is not interested in the mask or any conventionalized replica of reality. His work, posed or candid, digs in to tell the deeper story of its subjects and, inevitably, the story of the artist as well. Each image is an intimate visual narrative: rediscovery after losing love, yearning for unattainable moments, or finding safety in a familiar space during life’s upheavals. Inspired by kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold to make new art, Kuro's photography is grown from his difficult personal history and the collective memory of Black experiences. His art honors the cracks and fractures of life. His work is a love letter to the complexity, resilience, and beauty of Blackness.​​