Glory : magical visions of Black beauty /
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Author / Creator: | Bethencourt, Kahran, author. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020. ©2020 |
Description: | xi, 243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Black people -- Portraits. Photography of youth. Beauty, Personal. Aesthetics, Black. Noirs -- Portraits. Photographie de jeunes. Esthétique noire. PHOTOGRAPHY -- General. Aesthetics, Black. Beauty, Personal. Black people. Photography of youth. Illustrated works. illustrated books. Illustrated works. Portraits. Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12748674 |
Other authors / contributors: | Bethencourt, Regis, author. |
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ISBN: | 9781250204561 1250204569 9781250204578 |
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"-- Beauty as an expression of who you are is power. When we define our own standards of beauty, we take back that power. The Bethencourts put Black beauty front and center with 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. They pay homage to the story of our royal past, celebrate the glory of the here and now, and even dare to forecast the future. -- adapted from jacket |
Standard no.: | 40030214533 |

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