Ruud van Empel (1958-1958)
World # 23
2006 | Cibachrome print with plexiglas on Dibond | 84 × 59 cm
This photograph of a boy looking at his own reflection comes from World, a series where Ruud van Empel presents his view of the world in which we live today.
After learning that his previous pictures of white children struck some people as biased, Van Empel decided in 2006 to use coloured children as his models. This idea was also prompted by his realisation that innocence had never been depicted in art before with a dark-complexioned child.
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