I don’t post photos from work, but I might be working my way up to a Vogue magazine shoot lol
Model: @theashagabriel
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Victor H. Green’s Green Book (1936) helped Black Americans navigate the country during the Jim Crow era. 💚
In “Safe Travels”, the mural follows Black families traveling across a Los Angeles road map. On the left, a family prepares to depart. Throughout the piece, LA’s highways stretch across the surface, with the 110 Freeway transforming into a blackberry branch—referencing The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman, a novel that exposed the harsh realities Black Americans faced at the time.
The mural features traveling musicians Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker. Below them is the historic Dunbar Hotel, located just six blocks from the mural, where they once shared stages alongside other historic Black jazz artists. To the right, a family arrives at their destination, while a portrait of Victor Green is framed within the original Green Book title page. 🖼️
This piece is a reflection on resilience, ingenuity, and honoring the legacy of the Green Book and its role leading into the Civil Rights Movement. I hope the mural teaches future audiences of creative ways of protecting each other against adversity.
Thank you to @culture_la , @caltransdistrict7 , and the City of Los Angeles for this incredible opportunity and the deep honor of preserving Black culture’s vital role in transportation history. 🖤💚
Big thanks also @mufasa.floats for the assist, @mtnshop_losangeles for the supplies and @andre.4k for the amazing video production. 🔥💐
