classicalmeme

“All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up.”

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Watch “A-Z of Hair” film directed by Partel Oliva.

Photo: Christine Hahn Models: Jazelle Zanaughtti, Saray Escoto, India Graham

https://youtu.be/zHpAnThF7Jc

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38 Orchard St - Friday, January 20 ~ 7pm

audio by lawd knows

video edit by samuel hindolo

supported by 8ball Community | 8ball TV

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shot by Diwang Valdez

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Onnys Aho by Baldovino Barani for FACTORY Fanzine

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fela kuti’s wives  *heart eyes emoji*

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I want you on a shirt

soon

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https://www.instagram.com/classicalmeme/

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Dominican Carnival, El Malecón (February 2002)

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i admire you no matter what, but i'm confused as to why you and so many others model for mike spears? does he pay you all well? it seems really sus that his whole niche is photos of naked young women, it's just like uncritically embracing the male gaze

I was never paid to shoot, I did it because I wanted to. However, I’m not interested in nude photography anymore, particularly not when men are in control of creative direction. I’m currently only working with women, preferably of color. I’m aesthetically drawn to the work made by and for women of color. It is also a matter of communal responsibility to enable each other. I didn’t always know this but better late than never.

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Saray shot by Elizabeth Wirija for Flourish Wear

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“The whole of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.” - Billie Holiday pic by Herman Leonard, 1949

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folasade adu by andrew catlin at live aid concert, ‘85.

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Baldwin in Harlem, 1963 by  Steve Schapiro

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Bruno Barbey - Lagos, Nigeria 1974