Sixteen Journal Places of Worship 2025

Description

An overhead surreal black and white studio portrait photographed by Michael Bailey Gates for Sixteen Journal's project 'Places of Worship'. On the left, a figure lies flat on a dark textured ground wearing a detailed, scaled mermaid tail with their arms crossed over a bare torso displaying arm tattoos. To the right, a second figure lies with crossed legs and a printed fish-head mask concealing their face. Surrounding the subjects are various industrial measuring tools, long rulers, a mop, scissors, and a tag tied to the mermaid fin.