Betrayal desperation debt bondage bandits hope and death

‘Man, this is perfectly tragic. it 100% makes you stop and look… so deep man. You bring a dark thing to light, and I appreciate it.’

The extended title of the work is taken from a journalistic piece about human trafficking, the full quote reading, betrayal, desperation, debt bondage, bandits, hope, and death along the ancient caravan routes of the trans-Saharan slave trade.

Part of a series of works depicting overlaid body parts.