The exhibit, which was organized by the Aperture Foundation, includes more than 40 iconic photographs of Black men and women with natural hair and clothes that reclaimed their African roots. The old saying goes "a picture is worth a thousand words" and with messages in his work like "Buy Black" and "Black is Beautiful," it's clear that Brathwaite's words are still relevant more than 60 years later.
Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
Tevin Stinson, The Winston Salem Chronicle, February 10, 2022