These Emotional Pictures Are Inspired By Lives Of Young Black Women
The Girls Who Spun Gold is both a collaboration and an ode to the young women she works with. Each picture explicitly confronts the stereotypes perpetuated by decades of racist propaganda in an effort to reclaim identity, and, like the Southside Community Center, create a safe space in which young black women can see themselves. Here, Blas speaks with BuzzFeed News about her work and the powerful meaning behind the pictures.
Black girls and women need to make images of themselves. Images that speak to the complicatedness of our experiences. Not only do we need to see ourselves represented in the world, we must be the ones making these images. Nydia Blas Nydia Blas Upon graduation, I decided the only place I could work in Ithaca was at the Southside Community Center, which is the only historical space for black people in Ithaca.
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