After the success of the first Beyond Classically Beautiful photo series, I joined forces with the same creative minds to produce series 2. The theme for this one was “The Power Behind…
PHOTO SERIES
Body acceptance movements have become the order of the day, and rightfully so. Women are pushing back against society’s perception of the “perfect body” and celebrating themselves as they are. But when…
For our third photo series titled, “Body Noire,” you’ll meet five women with different stories on how they’ve come to love and appreciate their bodies despite what society or anyone thinks of…
When Columbia University law professor Kimberle Williams Crenshaw and her associates, Priscilla Ocen and Jyoti Nanda, released a groundbreaking study titled Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected, they clued the world…
My “Girl Next Door” Story I’ve written about the challenges I’ve faced growing in Miami, Florida in the past. But I would be remiss not to share the fond memories I have of my…
“Since I’ve been in America, I’ve always been intrigued by one phrase: ‘She is beautiful like the girl next door.’ I have always wondered whose neighborhood they were talking about.” – Iman A…
Last Sunday was a great day in Beyond Classically Beautiful history! It was then that we successfully unveiled part of our upcoming photo series, Body Noire 2: A Celebration of Black Female…
We photographed and spoke to six beautiful black women about how they’ve come to love their bodies over the years. Last week we unveiled part of this series titled, Body Noire 2: A Celebration…
After the New York Times published an article that called Emmy Award winning actress, Viola Davis “less classically beautiful” than lighter skinned black actresses, I assembled an amazing team of creatives to…