Last Sunday we returned to the lake. It was our annual Fall Nature Stroll where the earthSistas and earthBrothas host a group of photographers and cultivators on an excursion through nature. The Cultivators are the purveyors of the “culture that cultivates an Afrosensual Aesthetic.” It was such an inspired morning that it led to reflections of moments on another Nature Stroll… Zeus DaShaman is Cul...
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When earthSista RaeOfLite stepped from the sun-drenched wooden gazebo that stretched across a small lake to bridge that reached back to land, she ducked down into all of the over growth and found a small babbling brook to wade in. Under the shade of brush and branch, the breeze was cool and the water was refreshing. The natural melody of the trickling of the tiny stream was soothing. And with life...
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She’s all glam and swagger. Uninhibited, she dares you. Baring all, she seduces you. She is earthSista FURY, an upbeat, energetic ball of fire on a hot summer day. And it was hot. That summer day at the Goat Farm in Atlanta, we dipped beneath the shade of nature reclaiming her own from the urban sprawl. FURY danced and posed under the glistening of the sun. Her make-up was on point and she ...
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Day of the Dead: Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday that’s celebrated in Mexico and parts of Central and South America. It’s an ancestor worship holiday where family and friends gather to honor loved ones that have died. Typically festivals are held with food, music, and indigenous performances. Celebrants build private altars called ofrendas, honor the deceased using su...
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Soft spoken and melodic, Raine patiently conversed with the man named after a god. When ZEUS DeSHAMAN, a that purveyor of terrestrial and celestial arts met the earthSista of the storm, he was creatively sprung. The talented craftsman of metal and stone jewelry couldn’t wait to see the earthSista RAINE adorned in his creations and nothing else.Strong lights cascade on rocks, flesh, copper an...
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This was Nambi’s spot. Following her initial nature stroll, the nubian beauty had a notion of an ideal spot to revisit the wild. And on a momentary interlude at the spot she’d discovered, she blazed a trail through an, until then, undiscovered wilderness filled with lush organic beauty, bubbling brooks and inspiration. Light cast through the openings left by the leaves and tree limbs and wind. Na...
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creative… intimate… intimate… Inspired by the experiences with Bobby Williams’ Primal Paint at the AfroSocial, earthSistas JadeFox, Ororo and WildOrchid decided to, playfully, recreate the escapade in a lively uncensored act of uninhibited expression. Laughter, rage, lust and intimate embrace all characterize the poses each beauty strikes. Dipped in tempera and striped in latex each look and...
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It’s just a moment. As the morning clouds hang heavy, threatening to spill their tears, YEME lounged lazily amongst the old vinyl covers, reminiscing over tunes recorded before she was born. Diffused luminescence fought it way from the stars through the cumulus blanket overhead just to touch her. But she was oblivious. Perhaps the young earthSista was lost in vintage melodies straining to be...
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It’s hard for me to keep it real and simple sometimes. Especially when I am dealing with what moves me to create the images I do… but first things first… earthSista RavenDesdemona had been patiently waiting for her opportunity to create an image set for the ongoing Nature Stroll Series. But when she moved to her (then) new home whose yard opened out to an open nature area the eager sista found she...
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Kicking back in a creatively deconstructed pick-truck, earthSista Sekhmet (formerly known as BelaMenina) drew longs drags on her Newport100s. Dressed in nothing more than an old, worn button-down man’s shirt and a pair of knee-high boots, the nubian posed contemplatively. She was unabashed and atypically unadorned. Soft pre-rain clouds diffused the sun rays as they danced politely on this earthSis...
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