Cultural identity photography

Identity and truth.

“Erosion” is the thought-provoking portrait series by creative director Imani Love and photographer Daniel Stewart. The series, in which Love models in herself, is a visual representation of the fetishization of black female beauty and the separation of black traits or distinguishing features from black bodies. Nappy hair isn’t “cool”, fashionable, or, arguably, acceptable in the […]

As we launch Female in Focus 2021, the Chinese-American photographer – one of our 2020 winners – discusses Lunar Geisha, a surrealistic portrait series inspired by the roles imposed on East Asian girls and women

Rebellious Silence from Woman of Allah, 1994 Color coupler print. 13 x 8 3/4 in. (33 x 22.2 cm). Signed, titled 'Woman

Photography self portrait about the fragmented state of identity as a black woman by workofmya #photography #photoshoot #stilllifephotography #stilllife #photographytricks #selfportraitphotography #selfportrait

View Larger on Black Mickaël has long been fascinated by Maras; I decided to turn him into one of them ! My muse Bénédicte was my artistic director for this shooting! She chose a poem about love and death by Louise Labé and spent a few hours drawing carefully each word on his face! XVIth century poem meets Salvadorian toughest gang!

Winner at Waes Diversity Competition

Every month we choose one of our favourite creatives to TAKE OVER Beautiful Bizarre's social media for the day. In October, we chose Yasha Young...

Identity Crisis We are living in a time in this world where our true identites are being hidden away. If we do not expose our humanity, then horrendous acts of violence will continue to occur. The people who commit these crimes, often do not view the victims as real people, but rather a character in a video game. We are all real people and should be valued for who we are and not bullied and killed. model: http://dresdenmurderscene.deviantart.com/