#Joanne Petit frere

[sheltiechicago]

Black womanhood celebrated with majestic headdresses – in pictures

 From the series Highness, a collaboration between artist Joanne Petit-Frère and photographer Delphine Diallo.

In 2011, the French-Senegalese photographer Delphine Diallo got a call from Joanne Petit-Frère, an artist who weaves majestic headdresses out of synthetic hair, asking to collaborate. She organised a photoshoot for the following morning with an all-Black, all-female creative crew. The resulting series, Highness, features a model wearing masks and headdresses that evoke African royalty as far back as the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. “I was born into a world where the image of Black women was objectified,” says Diallo. With this work, celebrating what Diallo calls the divine female body, she says: “I was like, enough! It really informed my understanding of the female gaze.”

All images © Delphine Diallo

Delphine Diallo’s photobook Divine, published by Hat & Beard Press, is out now

[trashbending]

solange is her own trinity

[darkartsgallery]

http://collectiftextile.com/joanne-petit-frere/

[stylelikeu]

Behind the scenes of "Serene"

[javanamundy-blog]

So I am in the new Les Nubians "AFRODANCE" Vid for like literally a blink at 1:40 but I am in it! You must rejoice for all projects even if the face time is small it's still a lil something. These girls were such sweeties too. My good friend Joanne and Iyadede are in it as well. Feel the natural love going on. The song is so much fun! This goes out to  my ladies with the fro's. So, check it out lol! 

Javana Mundy