Brian Fernandes-Halloran

My work struggles with the boundaries between people and celebrates our ability to defy social expectations by simply acting human.
My current series was sparked by my recent move to the corner of Washington, Flatbush and Lincoln road, just east of Prospect Park. Its occupants are a mix of social groups: whites in our 20s moving in at an increasing pace and to the most part adhering to the norms of the hipster; West Indian and African families, many of whose younger members adhere to Black American youth norms: and families of various backgrounds living just east of me in the area zoned one house one family, many of whom have been in this area for a long time.
In its completion the series should unapologetically represent the transition from entering a community as an outsider with ill informed assumptions to becoming a member of a community regardless of a lack of shared origin.