Terrell #streetportrait
The sun was shining so brightly on this young man. I asked for a portrait. This brief interaction reminded me that my street photography was more about these connections and building community than it ever was about photography.
In this lifetime, I’ve had the distinct honor of showcasing my work in galleries, museums, and public art spaces. However, as an artist, there is no exhibit I hold higher than when my work is exhibited in the homes of the families I photograph. Ultimately I know this work will exhibit perpetually, passed down from generation to generations.
In this spirit I am excited to collaborate with Andrea Walls ( @urbanarchivist )and The Museum of Black Joy to present a community offering for Black Futures Month.
I will Photograph Black family portraits every Wednesdays in the month of February at no cost to particpants. We are providing free museum-quality prints of Black family portraits, beautifully framed, as a gift to the community.
Please join us if you’ve ever wanted to stand in front of my Time Machine. Let us create new artifacts. (Swipe)
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#BlackFutures
McPherson family 2019
West Philadelphia
Grateful for all blessings big,small, and everything in between. Mostly I am thankful that I have the honor of raising this young lion. We’ve been through more than most could imagine and it only made us stronger.
#weembracefatherhood
Special thanks to @missaimena for making these images. I’m not a shoemaker but what they say about the shoemaker’s son applies here. I have so few good pictures of my sun and I together I am beyond grateful for these wonderful images.🙏🏿
Jean-Jacques and daughters Samarah & Yemaya. Photographed in 2022 and 2017 for the ongoing Project "From the Root to the Fruit: Black fathers and their children.
Repost from @barnesfoundation Catch these powerful projections from West-Philadelphia-based photographer @365ken + #WeEmbraceFatherhood for FREE at #BarnesOnTheBlock on 6/19 ❤️
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Join us for free on Sunday, 6/19 from 4 - 9 PM as we celebrate #Juneteenth, #FathersDay, and the opening of our exhibition Isaac Julien: Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die) at Barnes on the Block! 🎉
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Barnes on the Block, presented by #PNCArtsAlive, and in partnership with @muralarts , returns for another year of FREE outdoor family fun.
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Meet us on the Parkway for art displays, art making, performances, food, drinks + more🍻 This event is free, but registration is required to access the Barnes collection and special exhibition.
art installation celebrating Black fatherhood, projected onto the Barnes - 8:30 - 11 PM.
“Living Black History”
101 year old
Estella Stackhouse
Born January 5, 1921
#Blackhistorymonth
#BlAckfuturesmonth
#BlackPortaiture
#BlackisBeautiful
#philadelphia #Mother #centenarian
#centenarians #westphiladelphia
As Black History Month unfolds, and we sit in conversations around what Black lives have or haven’t been allowed to be, a number of photographers here have decided to spend the month putting forward some of those faces and stories of Black life today that continues to be marginalized and undervalued—so as to ensure that any narrative around what it means to live a Black life does the work of commemorating also the every day folk who have not been a part of the larger historical record, and may otherwise go unseen. We will be sharing images that speak to Black presence in relation to education, family, food, military and love to name a few.
Check out the work of:
@ruddyroye@Vanessa.charlot@khickmanphotography@michaelamccoyphotography
Military
Civil War Reenactor
Bayé Lyons-Jones sits for a portrait wearing the uniform of The 3rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment. Photographed in #WestPhiladelphia .
#blackhistorymonth #blackfuturemonth #blackfuturesmatter #blackfuturesmonth #civilwar #blacksoldiers #reenactors #usct #blackportraiture
As Black History Month unfolds, and we sit in conversations around what Black lives have or haven’t been allowed to be, a number of photographers here have decided to spend the month putting forward some of those faces and stories of Black life today that continues to be marginalized and undervalued—so as to ensure that any narrative around what it means to live a Black life does the work of commemorating also the every day folk who have not been a part of the larger historical record, and may otherwise go unseen. We will be sharing images that speak to Black presence in relation to education, family, food, military and love to name a few.
Check out the work of:
@ruddyroye@Vanessa.charlot@khickmanphotography@michaelamccoyphotography
On the subject of Black love: Roxanne and daughter Tanya. Photographed in West Philadelphia for my ongoing Black Woman and child series. #swipe
As Black History Month unfolds, and we sit in conversations around what Black lives have or haven’t been allowed to be, a number of photographers here have decided to spend the month putting forward some of those faces and stories of Black life today that continues to be marginalized and undervalued—so as to ensure that any narrative around what it means to live a Black life does the work of commemorating also the every day folk who have not been a part of the larger historical record, and may otherwise go unseen. We will be sharing images that speak to Black presence in relation to education, family, food, military and love to name a few.
Check out the work of:
@ruddyroye@Vanessa.charlot@khickmanphotography@michaelamccoyphotography
#blackhistorymonth #blackfuturemonth #blacklove #blacklovematters #mother #daughter #blackportraiture #westphilly #philadelphia #Blackwoman #blackwomanandchild #blackwomanandchild365ken
Muneerah Urban Farmer
Photographed in #WestPhiladelphia
#Food #Blackhistorymonth #BlAckfuturesmonth
#UrbanFarmer #UrbanFarmers
#farming #eattolive
As Black History Month unfolds, and we sit in conversations around what Black lives have or haven’t been allowed to be, a number of photographers here have decided to spend the month putting forward some of those faces and stories of Black life today that continues to be marginalized and undervalued—so as to ensure that any narrative around what it means to live a Black life does the work of commemorating also the every day folk who have not been a part of the larger historical record, and may otherwise go unseen. We will be sharing images that speak to Black presence in relation to education, family, food, military and love to name a few.
Check out the work of:
@ruddyroye@Vanessa.charlot@khickmanphotography@michaelamccoyphotography
