Photographer Adreinne Waheed’s camera is her third eye; always in motion capturing everything from celebrities and street fashions to portraits and nature. Yet, it was not until she printed five-year's worth of favorite personal images chronicling experiences of African and African-American people that Waheed saw the story she needed to tell.
“Just finding the joy in yourself is resistance because often that means opposing so many forces working against you, telling you you are not enough. It is about embracing your beauty just as you are”, says the former ESSENCE magazine photo editor and featured photographer in MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora.
The 91 images in Black Joy & Resistance reflect the “energy and spirit of black and
