[rev_slider alias="green-1-1" slidertitle="Color of My Soul"][/rev_slider]This body of work aims to explore the nuances of identity. Rediscovering selves unimaginably mine because as we get older it's easy to grayscale our souls in this insane place we live in, but ask yourself who made the rainbow? /*!...
[rev_slider alias="green-1-1-1" slidertitle="Back To My Roots"][/rev_slider] /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Creative CreditsWords: Venessa Appiah Photography/Art Direction: @vladimvilain / Vladim Vilain Models: @nothingtaboo / Matthew Davey, @kni4 / Knia Scarlett, @ugh_byluna / Luna Mehriban Nashar, @jessieemile / Jessie Emile, @okmaispersonneteask / Venessa Appiah,...
[rev_slider alias="faceless-11" slidertitle="I AM NOT MY HAIR"][/rev_slider]Black hair is known for its tough, resilient and wild nature. In this editorial, Reta Riman celebrates black freedom as expressed through our hair. /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Creative CreditsArt Direction/Styling: StyledRad Studios /...
[rev_slider alias="faceless-13" slidertitle="A SHADE OF MELANIN"][/rev_slider]The beauty of dark skin in its plain and simple form. By intentionally capturing the beautiful models in little or no jewelry and makeup, they still bring the heat with shades of melanin. /*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image...
[rev_slider alias="faceless-11-1" slidertitle="TI MACHE A PITI "][/rev_slider]The marketplace isn’t big enough for all of us. Most of us knew we were due for a recession but we didn’t know when, or how little warning and flexibility we would have. /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading...
[rev_slider alias="faceless-13-1" slidertitle="DISCARDED"][/rev_slider]They found her tangled in the fisherman's nets. But she did not come from this place. Ripped from the depths, with limbs long and slender, she was wrapped in all that they had once discarded. ‘Land’ they called it. As she took her first...
[rev_slider alias="lupercalia-by-thompson-ekong-1" slidertitle="AFROVAGANZA: THE INNATE ‘EXTRANESS’ OF AFRICAN ROYALTY"][/rev_slider]The essence of an African woman has been captured in several ways over the years but Teni, a Lagos based fashion stylist allows us to see the African woman through her eyes in this editorial "Afrovaganza". Creative CreditsStyling...
[rev_slider alias="zongo-ss20-by-larry-jay-1" slidertitle="LA RÉCOLTE"][/rev_slider]Through her art, Goldie Iyamu advocates that by radiating love, support and protection, her fellow African women and men will slowly end the misogyny and subjugation of the African Woman. Creative CreditsPhotography and Creative Direction: Tope Horpload / @Tope_horploadArt direction & Styling: Goldie...
[rev_slider alias="afropunk-1" slidertitle="Afro+punk 1"][/rev_slider]My home, Africa. My home sweet home, The home that birthed the strong “African woman“, The one that is taught to “work hard”. Hard enough to take care of her home from the second she can breathe, patient enough to put everyone else before...
[rev_slider alias="slider-2" slidertitle="Slider 2"][/rev_slider]AFRO+PUNK is an autobiographical editorial project depicting a journey through the exploration of black identities in the alternative community and the struggles and complexities faced whilst in the middle. Inspired by Grace Wales Bonner, Adam Pendleton and Basquiat, this project provocatively addresses...