photos of Black life on Martha’s Vineyard – The Washington Post

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Perspective | ‘Happy to see you here’: The peace and joy of Blackness on Martha’s Vineyard

Photographer Cornell Watson’s recent vacation with his family to Martha’s Vineyard showed him what seemed like a fantasy: Black people living life seemingly free of the anxieties and stresses that life normally holds.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2021/10/04/happy-see-you-here-peace-joy-blackness-marthas-vineyard/

Photographer Cornell Watson is sharply aware of these inequalities. He’s seen it his whole life. And a recent vacation he took to Martha’s Vineyard made him reflect on that. While there, he was able to put aside some of the anxieties thrust upon Black people to the side for just awhile.