Present Breath is a reflection and response to the history of photography used in anthropology and a workshop that encouraged centering with the self. The photos and attitudes of anthropologists from the past dehumanize people of color by scrutinizing their physical traits. The act of profiling is still very much a social practice today. This work reconsiders the archive of human difference and minimizes it to a subtle commonality, our breath. Through backlit studio lighting and digital photo overlaying, this new series of photographs captures the subtle suspended movement in the cycle of a breath. The work informs and restructures the perception of constructed social and institutional norms and practices of the past. It considers that humanness isn’t merely an appearance, but an experience. It begs the question, what more do we have in common?