Glory : magical visions of black beauty

By: Bethencourt, KahranContributor(s): Bethencourt, Regis | Seales, AmandaMaterial type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020 Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 243p. : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: 9781250204561Subject(s): Black people -- Portraits | Photography of youth | Beauty, Personal | Aesthetics, Black | Illustrated booksDDC classification: 778.6 Online resources: Reviews

Contents:

Foreword / by Amanda Seales -- Introduction -- Past: once and future kings and queens -- Present: Glory prevails -- Future: our unbound glory -- Behind the scenes: a behind-the-scenes look at our photo shoots

Summary: "From Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the dynamite husband and wife duo behind CreativeSoul Photography, comes GLORY, a photography book that shatters the conventional standards of beauty for Black children. Featuring a foreword by Amanda Seales With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration of the versatility and innate beauty of black hair, and black beauty. The glorious coffee-table book pays homage to the story of our royal past, celebrates the glory of the here and now, and even dares to forecast the future. It brings to life past, present, and future visions of black culture and showcases the power and beauty of recognizing and celebrating oneself. Beauty as an expression of who you are is power. When we define our own standards of beauty, we take back that power. GLORY encourages children around the world to feel that power and harness it"

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"From Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the dynamite husband and wife duo behind CreativeSoul Photography, comes GLORY, a photography book that shatters the conventional standards of beauty for Black children. Featuring a foreword by Amanda Seales With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration of the versatility and innate beauty of black hair, and black beauty. The glorious coffee-table book pays homage to the story of our royal past, celebrates the glory of the here and now, and even dares to forecast the future. It brings to life past, present, and future visions of black culture and showcases the power and beauty of recognizing and celebrating oneself. Beauty as an expression of who you are is power. When we define our own standards of beauty, we take back that power. GLORY encourages children around the world to feel that power and harness it"

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