Brandon Sánchez Mejia (BA'24) featured in Berkeley News
Brandon Sánchez Mejia (BA’24), who will graduate in May from the Department of Art Practice, stands in front of his senior thesis project, "A Masculine Vulnerability."
As a kid, he learned men don’t cry. As an art practice student, he’s challenging that.
Photographer Brandon Sánchez Mejia, whose cohort is part of UC Berkeley's Department of Art Practice's 100th year, showcased his senior thesis project, "A Masculine Vulnerability," in the campus's Worth Ryder Art Gallery last semester.
By Anne Brice
Brandon Sánchez Mejia stood at a giant wall in UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Art Gallery and couldn’t believe his eyes. In front of him were 150 black-and-white photos of men’s bodies in all sorts of poses and from all sorts of angles. It was his senior thesis project, “A Masculine Vulnerability,” and it was out for the world to see.
“It came from this idea that as men, we are not allowed to show skin as scars or emotions or weakness,” said Sánchez, who will graduate from Berkeley this May with a bachelor’s degree in art practice.
Sánchez’s cohort is part of the Department of Art of Practice’s 100th year, a milestone that department chair Ronald Rael said is cause for celebration.