The World According to Black Women Photographers
“Mfon: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora,” features images by 100 women from around the world and offers a challenge to anyone who dares say they don’t know of any black women photographers.
As a young photographer growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn was deeply influenced by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe’s book “Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers.” The 1986 book took a historical look at female photographers from the 1800s to the present day and left her eager to see more.