04/26/2026
“Ink of Identity”
(Reflections Series)
Before the world told them who to be…
they were already everything.
Captured in 2014—
a moment with a group of my Black friends
who stood in front of my lens not just to model…
but to make a statement.
This was during a time when the Black Girls Rock movement
was rising—louder, prouder, undeniable.
And we felt it.
We carried it.
We wrote it—literally—on our skin.
Every word you see—
power, peace, beauty, truth—
wasn’t decoration… it was declaration.
This isn’t just a throwback.
It’s a timestamp of awakening.
A reminder that identity isn’t given… it’s remembered.
Black girls don’t become powerful—
they realize they always were.
So I’ll ask you the same question this image asks me—
What have you been taught to forget about yourself?
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