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'Shades' were at the peak of popularity in the late 18th and early 19th century before the advent of the camera. Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister imposed austere economic cuts, his name taken on for the paper cut-outs to create the cheapest portraits. This photo brings the portrait back to photography, starting from a sculpture, its cast shadow silhouette made in gaffer tape, a rubbing of that made with lump graphite and combinining the overlays of black and white into a photo. Olaudah Equiano 1745-1797 is depicted from shade to photo going back and forth through a story of portraiture. Equiano was enslaved as a child, worked on slave ships to earn money for his freedom, an author of one of the most important books in history that changed public opinion against the slave trade in Britain and subsequently the world, an abolitionist, and though not elected is considered to be Britain's first black political leader for his contributions in UK Parliament. The photo reflects Equiano's varied accomplishments through his life and his historical significance overlapping in a series of portrayals.