Publisher's Synopsis
- This book presents a selection of 40 photographs shot between 2010 and 2014, from the seminal project New Natives created in Hawaii by American and Italian artist, Joseph Maida Thematic intersections of masculinity, ethnic origin, and sexuality are central to representation in this project. Primordial, indigenous body markings give way to contemporary tattoos, and clothing ranges from traditional costume to nothing at all. These young men's appearances deviate from Euro-American standards of the 'male model', but that is precisely the point. Projection of an identity - much like the interpretation of one - is the articulation of the wish of how one wants to be seen - or how one wishes to see. The photographer's work is, thus, the product of a fantasy cum image.
