'Paint Us in a Beautiful Light': Photographing Black Joy
Oakland's Amir Abdul-Shakur captures photos of Black joy, it's his way of combatting oppression.
July 31, 202012m 40s
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Show Notes
Amir Abdul-Shakur's Instagram page, AmirThePhotographer, looks like a community yearbook. His shots are mostly portraits of Black folks in Oakland, and show each individual in their own radiant light.
His images, some of protests and others of parties, all seem to have an underlying joyous sentiment.
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