Spontaneous, full of emotion, and dashed with colour.
Smooth, unlike the popular depictions of roughness and alpha maleness.
This series of photos, shot with limited photographic tools, is both a lesson in resourcefulness and representation.
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Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa was born in Windhoek and raised in Tsumeb, Namibia. He is a final year photography, web, and graphic design student in the New Media Department at the College of the Arts (COTA) in Windhoek.