Product Description

ABOUT BLACK GIRL
Black Girl is a portrait series about everyday women who dream of being professional models. Fashion and modeling are industries not known for racial diversity and inclusion. Despite the industry’s historical fondness for whites, some black women have achieved this dream, become tremendously famous, and broken new ground. Dorothea Towles, Donyale Luna, Beverly Johnson, and Tyra Banks are but a few. Despite their successes, Essence Editor-in-Chief Constance C.R. White writes “Black models are [still] shunned, left out of lucrative advertisements and overlooked for editorials and runways.”

The intent of Black Girl was not to replicate high-end couture-type fashion shoots but to create powerful and telling portraits that reveal the diversity and passion of women who share the same dream, whether we, as the viewer, believe it’s a realistic pursuit or not. Fusing fashion, modeling, portraiture, and documentary photography, this series allows space for the models to represent themselves and their own personal taste. It is thus ‘anti-fashion.’ Black Girl celebrates each woman’s distinctive beauty and style and offers a unique glimpse into her conception of herself and the importance of pursuing a dream undaunted.

PRINT INFORMATION
All photographs are limited-edition archival, museum-quality C-prints signed and numbered au verso and printed on lustre paper. Below is detailed info about purchasing, delivery, etc, but feel free to email us with any questions prior to purchase.

DIMENSIONS
Stated dimensions refer to physical print size. There will be a 1/2 in (approx.) white border around image to allow for framing.

PAYMENT
Credit/Debit Card Payment via Paypal, Direct Bank Transfer, and Checks/Money Orders.

DELIVERY
Once funds have cleared, prints will take 3-4 weeks to arrive. Photographs are printed as orders comes in, and usually require 5-7 business days to print.

FRAMING
The print will arrive unframed, but framing can be easily arranged. Please email us to receive an estimate for framing costs.

GUARANTEES
We guarantee your print will arrive undamaged during transit, or we’ll replace it at no charge.
We guarantee your print will not fade for the lifetime of the original owner if properly cared for and displayed in normal conditions, or we’ll replace it at no charge. Archival, museum-quality prints have a life span of at least a century.

SCREEN vs PRINT
Due to variations in screen quality and operating systems, there may be slight differences in color, tonality, and lightness between the screen image and the printed image.

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