We posed this question to all of you our on Instagram and Facebook as a result of some actions happening at the time in the Garden and were quite surprised by the controversy it posed. Pangea’s Garden celebrates the beauty of BLACK women, BLACK people and BLACK love. The images we have created and captured in this mission have, mostly, been created by BLACK artists and photographers with BLA...
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Dia De Los Muertos is an ancestral worship holiday with origins from the Latin community. It’s a time when festivals are held in honor loved ones who have passed and celebrants honor them by bringing sugar skulls, marigolds, foods and drink to their graves as gifts. It is a tradition that can be traced back to the Aztecs and, after the Americas were colonized by the Spanish, it became part of the ...
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Sany Lirianon styled and captured for ELLE Indonesia. Doo Wop is the theme, having a touch of throwback with an afrocentric sass. There was not much prose with these images. Just the images which speak whole libraries on beauty and fierceness… Did you know that Our Beauty belongs EVERYWHERE. Starring Sany Liriano Lensed by Stefan Giftthaler Styled by Marzia Fossati @missmarzia on IG Make up ...
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“I have been painting for a little over a year now. I didn’t go to an art school or have any formal skill trainings. I have always sketched, but never because I wanted to, only because I knew how. The moment I picked up a paint brush I felt so liberated. I was able to say everything I had always wanted to, but kept bottled up for so long. I decided that this is what I wanted to do for ...
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In the early days when Pangea’s Garden was a project where I explored my own visions of what afrosensuality should look like, there was Naturally Leslie. Her balance of serious insight and lightheartedness made her pearls of wisdom valuable to all who are fortunate to partake. This article originally ran one month after the launch of PangeaGarden.com and the conversation reflected heavily on what ...
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The week of July 4th 2016 may go down in history as the most violent moment of civil unrest in the history of America to date. In Minnesota, an innocent, young black man was shot down by police in the presence of a 4-year old girl. In Louisiana, a black man selling cds in a parking lot was pinned to the ground and shot to death by police after he was immobilized. And in Texas, officers were sniped...
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Deel Ojulu is a Sudanese beauty who caught the eye of the editors and publishers of Laud Magazine, a luxury quarterly publication based in Australia. They were so impressed by her “unique and powerful look” that they flew her in from her hometown of Perth for a fashion feature in their second issue. These images, which were captured by Australian photographer, Thom Kerr, are from a ser...
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420 means many things to many people, myself included. I first heard the term 420 when I was in my early 20’s, and had no idea what it meant until I asked. I learned it meant that on April 20th, Cannabis users celebrate their beloved plant, and that at 4:20 it’s time to blaze a joint, or take some bong rips, etc. The term 420 conjures up positive energy for us who use the term, and brings a smile ...
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At a relatively steady pace they all trickled in over the span of a couple of hours. Coming out of the frigid cold of a January winter night in Atlanta various artists and photographers made their way to city’s Apache Cafe and Lounge, all looking for random, organic moments of inspiration and community over food and drink. DJ Bluue joined us for the night, masterfully rolling out hypnotic me...
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“One of my favorite things to do, is to do artwork on functional objects. I love skateboards, but of course the most I can do on one is get from point A to B without dying, but I love them regardless.” Jamaican visual artist, Taj Francis, has a array of visual expression, mainly focused through illustration. The body of work he produces, draws influence from a Jamaican Reggae aesthetic...
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