Josh
Portrait with Kissenia Chara
Description: A young man in formal attire is being interviewed in the spotlight of multiple photo cameras. Electricity emanates from his body. Behind him a sign reads, “J-Static. When Lightning Strikes.”
Portrait with Kissenia Chara
“[My friends would describe me as] a father figure. Not in the way of, like, I’m your father - no, not like that. I’m always the responsible one out of the room. That’s also one key point. Like these guys will want to go do something, and I’m out here pointing the wrongs in this...I’m just that guy. That’s what I’m saying, I always give the outcomes of things.
One of the main things I wanted [for my portrait] was to be in like a superhero film or something. Because that always intrigues the kids. It intrigues me until this day. Like, I’m twenty, you know what I mean? Reading comics since young...Because superheroes are just really different...they could do the impossible. They could do things that people would want to do. It makes your mind just reach out there for possible things.
That’s the thing about comics - you don’t have to describe it...Let’s say I’m a nice guy in the real world, but in the comics, I want to be the biggest bad guy there is...I could think of him like if I had, let’s say, my water and ice powers, electric powers. It would be cool to see yourself as a different perspective.”
New York, 2018