Thesis Antithesis is an exploration of theory derived from inner-city economics and semiotics through the lens-based practice of New York native and world traveler jude Lives.

Personally satisfying his own appetite to be seen – look at me world! See what I’m doing; blending the boundaries of street and fine art while painting a picture a blind person could see – his work has been described as edgy and cherished for pushing boundaries utilizing a multidisciplinary approach.   

Lives’ interest in photography began at an early age. Raised by a single mother and identifying as a cisgender male has shaped his work, along with race, culture, and inequality. What does it mean to be a man, a black man, living in a world with signs that say you are not welcome here? 
Decoding symbols and reintroducing a new message while creating formative images from redundant, ubiquitous signs into art is his Thesis Antithesis.