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Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty

by Kahran Bethencourt

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Black beauty across imagined time

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Black beauty across imagined time

GLORY is a portrait photography collection built around more than 100 images of Black children, with natural hair and stylized visual worlds central to its presentation. The book pairs these photographs with essays about the children and frames Black beauty as self-definition and cultural expression. Its imagery moves among references to a royal past, the contemporary moment, and future-facing visions, creating a visual conversation across time rather than limiting beauty to a single standard. A foreword by Amanda Seales accompanies the collection.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Photography-book browsers interested in portraiture
  • Readers exploring representations of Black beauty, hair, and culture
  • Those seeking visually driven books centered on children’s self-expression

Themes

Black beautyNatural hairSelf-definitionBlack culturePortrait photography

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Book overview

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.

From Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the dynamite husband and wife duo behind CreativeSoul Photography, comes GLORY, a photography book that shatters the conventional standards of beauty for Black children.

Featuring a foreword by Amanda Seales

With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration of the versatility and innate beauty of black hair, and black beauty. The glorious coffee-table book pays homage to the story of our royal past, celebrates the glory of the here and now, and even dares to forecast the future.

It brings to life past, present, and future visions of black culture and showcases the power and beauty of recognizing and celebrating oneself. Beauty as an expression of who you are is power. When we define our own standards of beauty, we take back that power. GLORY encourages children around the world to feel that power and harness it.

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