Simply Existing

"Simply Existing" Self Portrait Photograph By PhenomenaLewis (Lewis Derogene) made in 2022

• Inner Dialogue series
• 50in x 40in
• Limited Edition of 5
• "Simply Existing" Self Portrait Photograph by PhenomenaLewis.

  Simply Existing is my favorite from this series, it was also the one I worked on the longest.

  It's also my favorite because it's my sentiments every single day, I just want to simply exist.

  I just want to be worry free, stress free, anxiety free, debt free, target free, discrimination free and the list goes on.

  It's already hard out there for everyone but as a Black woman, it's too much to even think about.

  We just want to exist.

  This was photographed in my bedroom in Connecticut.