#Deana Lawson

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And that there is something to be said for living outside of value, for acknowledging the absolute violence of value, of being party to a system in which one either has value or is devalued and consequently must make all sorts of diabolical concessions, alignments, and, ultimately, misalignments, in order to stay on the positive end of that scale.

from Scandalize My Name: Black Feminist Practice and the Meaning of Black Social Life by Terrion L. Williamson

from top left to bottom right: Kennedi Carter; Elliott Jerome Brown. Jr; Quil Lemons; Shikeith; Kennedi Carter; Nydia Blas; Chrisean Rose; Deana Lawson; Quil Lemons; Kennedi Carter

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Deana Lawson

[auntymurda]

photography by deana lawson. cropped and censored by me.

[babymuther]

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[socratean]

Deana Lawson, Joanette, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 2013. Inkjet print.

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[granstromjulius]

Deana Lawson

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[notchainedtotrauma]

Deana Lawson, An Ode to Yemaya

[virgosenterlude]

[auntymurda]

photography by deana lawson. cropped and censored by me.

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[mentaltimetraveller]

Deana Lawson, Chief, 2019, pigmented inkjet print with mirror frame, 1.5 × 1.9 m.