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#NakedBeautyGlobal spotlight on Kwame Brathwaite (kwamebphoto), the 1960s photographer who coined the term āBlack is Beautifulā during the civil rights movement.
Kwame chronicled the beauty of blackness across seven decades. He captured important moments in history, such as jazz performances by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, to the 1994 inauguration of Nelson Mandela. Among his most notable works was his āBlack is Beautifulā series. It consisted of studio portraiture and fashion photography that celebrated the natural beauty of black women in defiance of Eurocentric beauty standards.
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Make sure to follow kwamebphoto for more. His son oversees his fatherās collection of inspiring photos as the director of the Kwame Braithwai...