Woman creates stunning artwork from Afros
Hair today, still here tomorrow.
That's the message one woman wants to send to the world about African hair.
Because of so much controversy surrounding natural hair, with schools to work places seemingly banning the styles, one British blogger is attempting to show the beauty in the afro.
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Photography student, Dazhane Leah, based in London, created a stunning photo feature creating art out of afros.
"I've read, seen for myself and been told by family and friends about the negative experiences they've had when wearing their natural hair," Leah says to Mashable. "An afro is a statement and the hairstyle itself represents and holds so much history and passion and represents so much. As a whole, natural hair, especially when worn in an afro or dreadlocks has been and still is looked down upon."
By putting flowers in afros, she says, it creates a new perception of the style.
"Together they are binary opposites, you wouldn't think to put the two together because they both come with different stereotypes," she says.
The concept, called "Afro Bloomin," came about when Leah wanted to explore what the black power meant, defined by her social media followers.
So based on the feedback she received from them, Leah found that most people wanted to see the movement being portrayed in a beautiful manner.
"The point of the project wasn’t to discriminate against other races but to to be unapologetic and celebrate black lives through everything that makes us who we are," she says.
So far, her spread has received a lot of attention. Leah says she thinks it's due to how relatable it is.
"Society tells us that our natural, God-given kinks and curls is not 'good hair,'" she says. "Natural hair, no matter what way a person decides to wear it should equally fit societies standards of 'Good hair'."
David joined the Mashable team as its first fashion hire. He's written for the Wall Street Journal, Elle, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Details, Nylon, Refinery29, Fashionista, and covered the men's market at Women's Wear Daily. David has appeared on E!, Vh1, the Style network, and was a stylist at Capitol records.
