Glenn Hunt, Black Swan (PEOPLE & PORTRAIT 2026)

Carl Jung described the Shadow as the hidden parts of the self shaped by what we are taught to suppress. This portrait of Alisa Poturaeva draws on that idea through her history as a ballerina, particularly the duality of Swan Lake, where purity and darkness coexist in a single body. Years of performing swans and waltzes trained Alisa in grace, control, and idealised beauty, while a darker alter ego developed alongside it. The presence of multiple shadows introduces abstraction, suggesting layered identity rather than a fixed role. Darkness is treated not as opposition, but as an essential and beautiful counterpart to elegance.

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