Universal Humanity

Universal Humanity is not just a portrait project—it’s a mirror held up to the fractured soul of our world.

In each photograph, a person covers one eye with a small card. That card bears the image of my own eye—painted in kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. As an artist, I’ve chosen to share my gaze, not to impose a vision, but to invite others into it. Each subject—whether a global icon or someone living invisible on the margins—becomes a shard of a much greater whole.

We are all cracked vessels. Some are gilded by fame, others weathered by pain. But through the lens of this project, what emerges is not hierarchy, but unity. Each portrait is a gesture of restoration: a broken piece of humanity, acknowledged, dignified, and reconnected.

This movement lives both online and in the streets. I paste portraits across cities around the world—unexpected testaments of presence, vulnerability, and connection. You can follow their trail through the hashtag #UniversalHumanity on Instagram, where strangers become threads in a global tapestry.

What astonishes me time and again is the light. The same unmistakable glint in the eye—whether it belongs to a minister, a homeless man, a child, or a refugee. And when I ask, “What is your dream?”, the answers echo across borders and languages: to love, to be free, to feel safe, to create, to be remembered.

And something beautiful happens: each new photo I take doesn’t stand alone—it adds meaning and value to every photo taken before it. Together, they build a visual chorus of what it means to be human.

Universal Humanity is a quiet revolution made of faces. It says: you are seen, you are part of this, you matter. In a world of division, it is an act of profound reassembly.

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