- Actress Adjoa Andoh(Lady Danbury) has a lengthy background in theater and has been in films such as Brotherhood and Invictus. Adjoa discussed her lack of influence in her work and her need to maintain her integrity and not raise a fuss over illuminating Black skin in an interview with the Stirring it Up podcast. Like many others, she thinks she wants to go about it freely and doesn’t need any unique epiphany.
- Adjoa also mentioned how annoying and exhausting she finds it to audition for parts because of racial intolerance. Racial prejudice in photography and videography has a long history. Anita Bhagwandas’ book Ugly established the norm for adjusting film colors.
- This norm didn’t start to shift until the 1970s, when furniture and chocolate industries complained about how their hues of brown were portrayed.
- Bias still exists, despite the aid of artificial intelligence and digital cameras. Nigel Atherton, a professional photographer, explains that camera exposure techniques are designed to provide an attractive exposure with softer skin tones.
- Even if AI-enabled phones and digital cameras nowadays are more advanced, they shouldn’t be completely trusted when taking pictures of people with darker skin tones. To make matters worse, there is a dearth of representation in the instruction of individuals on how to light issues.
- You can listen to the full podcast using this link: Stirring it up with Andi and Miquita Oliver: Adjoa Andoh – That’s Punk on Apple Podcasts
