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Afros Turned Into Flowery Galaxies To Make Black Women Proud Of Their African Heritage
Pierre Jean-Louis, a visual artist from US, creates mesmerizing portraits of black women by transforming their hair into flowery galaxies. By turning their Afros into works of art in his series, “Black Girl Magic,” Pierre wants to let black women know how much he appreciates them for embracing their African heritage.
“A lot of [black women] are brainwashed to not appreciate their natural beauty,” Pierre told Bored Panda. “Especially in 2016.Earlier this year I saw so many black queens who feel comfortable enough and proud to show their African heritage so I decided to start this series to let them know how much I appreciate them and their natural beauty. I just want them to see how we black men see them when they’re rocking their natural hair. We see nothing but #strong #Goddesses & #queens thank you.”
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Pierre Jean-Louis admires black women who embrace their African heritage
He takes photos from Instagram of black women who are showing off their natural hair
Pierre then edits them to turn them into galaxies, forests, and flowers
He started this photo series last September
“A lot of [black women] are brainwashed to not appreciate their natural beauty”
“I just want them to see how we black men see them when they’re rocking their natural hair”
“We see nothing but #strong #Goddesses & #queens, thank you”
Thank you, Pierre Jean-Louis, for talking to Bored Panda about your wonderful work!
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Aleksandra Olszowka 9 years ago
"I want the whole world to know that Mother Nature is actually black (..)" Really? Only black? No other color?
Miklós Nagy 9 years ago
"I shopped north-european plants to their heads to make them proud of their african heritage"
Lilian Hegeman 9 years ago
If you change it to 'white' or Caucasian, it would suddenly be racist...
Jim Hubbard 9 years ago
I don't get it. How does hiding a body part make one proud of that body part?
Shauday Smith 9 years ago
contrived. photoshop skills not on par. Flowers and stars seem as random as the pretty girl photos on instagram he pasted them on. The story is a little silly, and but could have been communicated a lot better with a dash more effort. If this guy actually took real photos of women in his universe (not plucked from the internet) and actually did a good, edited double exposure. Maybe taking into account the flora from one of the +50 countries in Africa or it's neighbors... instead of hopping on the bandwagon of hipster forests and english garden annuals. These girls were gorgeous before he puts stars and flowers in their hair thanks to good lighting, instagram filters, these elements he had nothing to do with. Instagram is not a stock photo people! Stop yanking other people's photos, tweaking them, and calling it original art.
Jeanne Richard 9 years ago
:) Really beautiful. Though I hope they understand even plenty white people and those of other races adore their gorgeous hair natural. Even without the editing, I find their styles just breathtaking.
Aleksandra Olszowka 9 years ago
"I want the whole world to know that Mother Nature is actually black (..)" Really? Only black? No other color?
Miklós Nagy 9 years ago
"I shopped north-european plants to their heads to make them proud of their african heritage"
Lilian Hegeman 9 years ago
If you change it to 'white' or Caucasian, it would suddenly be racist...
Jim Hubbard 9 years ago
I don't get it. How does hiding a body part make one proud of that body part?
Shauday Smith 9 years ago
contrived. photoshop skills not on par. Flowers and stars seem as random as the pretty girl photos on instagram he pasted them on. The story is a little silly, and but could have been communicated a lot better with a dash more effort. If this guy actually took real photos of women in his universe (not plucked from the internet) and actually did a good, edited double exposure. Maybe taking into account the flora from one of the +50 countries in Africa or it's neighbors... instead of hopping on the bandwagon of hipster forests and english garden annuals. These girls were gorgeous before he puts stars and flowers in their hair thanks to good lighting, instagram filters, these elements he had nothing to do with. Instagram is not a stock photo people! Stop yanking other people's photos, tweaking them, and calling it original art.
Jeanne Richard 9 years ago
:) Really beautiful. Though I hope they understand even plenty white people and those of other races adore their gorgeous hair natural. Even without the editing, I find their styles just breathtaking.
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