Broken from the Colony illustrates a short story by Ada M Patterson that meditates on Black Caribbean identity, community resilience, gender transition, and the human-nature binary. The project was published by Atmos, a biannual magazine that explores the intersection of climate and culture.

The protagonist of the story grapples with her transition to a human-coral reef hybrid after a hurricane floods her island. In the visuals, two trans bodies embrace in shallow waters as they morph into coral-like structures.

Working with a combination of digital compositing and physical cast-making, Uzochukwu creates post-humanist photographs in line with his ongoing series Mare Monstrum, which he began in 2016, where Black merfolk overcome a threatening undercurrent to find safety in each other.

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