Steve núñez (he/they) is an abolitionist photographer, intellectual, designer, and organizer from Wilmington, North Carolina. He holds a Master of Theological Studies in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Harvard Divinity School and entering the 5th year of doctoral studies at UConn as a PhD candidate in Philosophy researching Africana Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Racism, Existential Phenomenology, Philosophy of Education & Pedagogy, Gender & Sexuality, and Carceral & Abolition Studies. Their dissertation project, “Abolition as Horizon and Anchor: Sociogeny, Communication, and Revolutionary Counter-Violence” excavates the existential philosophies that have historically rooted Blackamerikan abolitionist philosophical traditions from David Walker to Angela Y. Davis.

Steve’s artistic journey as a photographer involves playing in shadow and light to explore the infinite, the infinitesimal, and the subjective position from within in the liminal space between the gorgeous and grotesque. They seek to utilize divinity school training, philosophical thought, and artistic gifts of astro-, landscape-, macro, and portrait photography to tell stories about spirituality, existence, and hope.

As a public philosopher, Steve looks to synthesize theory and praxis through public facing engagement using the written word, photography, and cinematography to raise awareness, to organize socio-political support for abolition of the prison-industrial complex, as well as to practice, promote, and  pursue reparatory Justice.