The World According to Black Women Photographers – The New York Times

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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.

via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/the-world-according-to-black-women-photographers/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=1

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.