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Famous painter Bosco Holder and model. David Alan Harvey, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ca. 1993.

[tordenvejr]

more sensuality, more sexuality, more pleasure, more presence. embracing desire, and deepening intimacy with yourself, the world and the beyond

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Naomi Campbell by Peter Lindbergh.

2000

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Kelis — Kaleidoscope (1999)

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Donyale Luna captured by Luigi Cazzaniga on the beach during the 1970s.

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The Bodyguard (1992) dir. Mick Jackson

via xosiren

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Ella Fitzgerald in the midst of a soulful performance at Mr. Kelly's nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1958.

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i found god in myself

and i loved her

…i loved her fiercely

Ntozake Shange

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Steven Cuffie, Woman on Couch, 1976-1979

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By Danielle McKinney

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Brandi Quinones for i-D Magazine, 1997. Photo by Christian Witkin.

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Lucille Clifton recites her poem, ‘homage to my hips.’

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Spiritually I am curled up on a porch swing as a soft breeze caresses my cheek

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Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film (1992)

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Iman, ‘79

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Tina Turner captured dancing in the garden of her fomer villa ‘Anna Fleur’ within the South of France, ca. 2000.

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Donna Summer photographed by Fin Costello from a photoshoot in 1976.