Life in Colour (survival) is a visual ethnography of my relationship with color over the last few years: eye paint as armour, hair as a declaration. Walking through the world like this draws eyes—compliments and violence alike. But the colors on my skin are more than pigment; they are a second skin. Bold. Daring. A survival tool born in darkness: I paint my eyes to ground myself, to pull through waves of depression to add color to realities that can often be too grim.

What began as a lifeline now flows as an extension of my personhood. This gallery is a vulnerable chronicle of that evolution—60 selfies capturing fleeting moments, shifting selves, and the people woven into my journey: family, friends (old and new), but mostly... me. Call it vanity? I’ll proudly be Vain. Call it gain. This is a map of how color saved me.

May these images inspire your own Life in Colour. Whatever hue pulls you from your abyss—find it. Wear it. Live it.