...Praise be to the fool

Who let you go

He didn't know you were special

Probably told you life was black and white

He was only trying to dim your light

Well if you with it I can show you what it's hittin' for

A little vision and precision and were good to go

I don't want to see you fall apart

Girl I don't know where to start

You're such a work of art

I'm just here to add a little color to the canvas.

Baby, red is for the heart

I'm just here to add a little color to the canvas

Your eyes a crazy shade of blue

I'm just here to add a little color to the canvas

Can't ever make another you

I'm just here to add a little color to the canvas. - SiR ♫

Gi strikes her most poised + regal pose for Alicy's camera...❤️

...Divine Archetype ✨🌙

Predecessor of Light

You were formed by the heat of the Galaxy

Who was dusted with the Stars

Who has the Universe in your eyes

Who's blood keeps the score of your blessings + trials. - Beyoncé ♫

Gi sits poised, powerful, & confident in her being as she poses like the Black Queen she is...❤️

"Look what I did, I made history

They don't know what to do with me

Ain't lookin' back, keepin' it movin'

I know exactly how to do this

Keep smilin', make 'em wild out

Stay loud, don't dumb it down

Hold my crown up to the sky

Hold your crown up to the sky

Hey, time for us to go and get the money, y'all

Floodgates open, gonna take it all

I am a diamond 'cause of pressure

The bigger the trial, bigger the blessin'

No we're not just survivin'...

yeah we're thrivin' over here." - Mary J. Blige x Nas ♫

Gi runs her fingers through her crown as she poses for Alicy ❤️

...Her body was pierced by this toxic world

Still the ethereality of her soul was retained as she passed her benevolence through those perforated scars. - Kukku

Gi sat really still + upright for the camera while Brenda caught her best side...❤️

"I want to be still

For days and days

I want to be still

Keep me running through this maze.

I got to be still

For days and days

For days and days.

Whispers in my head they keep me feenin'

But now I close my eyes

Visions overboard they keep me reelin'

Baby, I can't hide.

I want to be still

For days and days

I want to be still

Keep me running through this maze

I got to be still

For days and days

For days and days

I want to be...

Running it high, can't you let me be

Taking it hard, you're covering me

Open it up, you're taking from me." - Lyves ♫

Gi poses for Alicy's camera like a magical melanated monolith ❤️

The symbol of the Third Eye is always depicted in the shades of indigo which is generally known to be a mixture of the deepest of violet and blue tones. The Aum ( Om ), sacred mantra, is of Sanskrit origin and when translated it means "the seed of all creation."

Gi poses as Jaywen adjusts his projectors for her photo session...❤️

"I'm from the South

I'm a Southern Gul

Home of the burning church

Don't know much about the world

Home of the pocket stones

Home of the booty songs

Home of the fingerwave that lasts

All night long

Home of the On & On

Home of the dominos

Home of the two piece and a pepper

Home of the teeth is gold

Home of the Never Miss

Home of the platinum hits

I'm a Southern Gul...

Countryfied

Everything I eat is fried

Got a Southern drawl

I'm so country, y'all

Well that's way down South

Yeah it's way down low

Check my Southern-fried style

And my Southern flow." - Erykah Badu ♫

Gi adjusts her locs & tam as she steps out onto her front porch...❤️

“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.”- Criss Jami

I'm a Queen crowned in my curls. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls, & just wanted to go to sleep forever?

Gi admires her fully curled coif in the mirror after her natural stylist spins her chair around...❤️

cos·mic

/ˈkäzmik/

adjective

relating to the universe or cosmos, especially as distinct from the earth.

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I'm an orange moon

Reflecting the light of the sun.

Many nights he was alone

Many, many, many nights

His light was too bright so they turned away

And he stood alone

Every night and every day

Then he turned to me

He saw his reflection in me

And he smiled at me, when he turned to me

Then he said to me...

How good it is, how good it is

How good it is, how good it is

I'm an orange moon

I'm brighter than before

Brighter than ever before

I'm an orange moon and I shine so bright

'Cause I reflect the light of my sun, ooh

I praise the day, he turned my way

And smiled at me

He, gets to smile and I get to be orange. - Erykah Badu ♫

Gi stares up at the moon while soakin' up it's bright light...❤️

I always have BIG fun when collaborating with this woman!

Our annual photo session rituals are forever lit! ❤️

.✨🌙...As Horace once said, "It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion." ❤️

"I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, & the good that I can do."

- George Banks ❤️

"I'm only lonely

When the night is home

Controlling for me

'Til my right is wrong

Nothing's the way it seems

When things go wrong

I know me, know me

I cannot move on

I cannot move on

Everytime I...

Close my eyes I...

Dream about your face

Nothing can replace

Everytime I...

Close my eyes, your

Voice I can't retrace

Nothing can replace

Nothing can replace

I know you told me that you won't be long

Time lapse and I'm trapped in another's arms...

I am too cold, I long for your warmth

I'm not me, got me

I cannot move on

I cannot move on

Far away

I'm all alone

I'm on my own..." - Ravyn Lenae ♫

Gi gazes out her window into the night sky & ponders her future ❤️

“Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.”

Your favorite Afro-Albino girlie ♥

“A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely.

Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter.

A strong woman is both soft and powerful, she is both practical

& spiritual. A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world."

- Native American Proverb

Gi chats with Brenda before posing; giving her best serious face ❤️

"The moon reminds me, that it may sometimes look like I'm losing myself, but that's just a phase. I'm forever whole."

Gi takes in the natural vibrations all around as she soaks in the lunar energy above her...❤️

"I know that love will come

Turn it all around.

I'm a soldier of love.

Every day + night

I'm a soldier of love

All the days of my life." - Sade ❤️

Gi watches the news while lookin' over her shades in disbelief...❤️

...Pretty pink, baby blue

Why don't (why don't) you teach me something new

We're all (we're all) just babies in my view

So crawl baby

Crawl baby

Pretty pink, baby blue

Why don't (why don't) you teach me something new

We're all (we're all) just babies in my view

So crawl baby

Crawl baby.

Miss lady

You could have been born a little later but I don't care

So what if your head sports a couple of grey hairs

Same here, and actually I think it's funky

(In a Claire Huxtable type way)

Miss lady

It looks to me like you need a little juice in your life

Call me when that big ole house gets lonelyfied

And I'll teleport from here to there

You show me how it's supposed to be done

I'll make sure you have young fun. - André 3000 ♫

Gi turns to the side + gives her most sophisticated pose for Nat's camera...❤️

I ask my mighty + powerful Ancestors which I have in my blood, my spirit + my soul, to come forward + protect me against my enemies as well as those who wish to harm me.

I ask to receive understanding, respect + love from all those who meet me.

I ask that you clear my mind of any unwanted thoughts + inner voices of doubt.

Please give me the strength to silence my inner fear so that my true character can shine through.

We're one, we're many, we're strong, we're love, we're like the wind sweeping in to create good, we're also like the storm that can destroy all evil. We're all together, we're family, we fear nothing.

I thank you in advance for all that you have done + will do for me.

Help me stand up without any fear of pain, with the wisdom to be able to control myself + with the power to defeat anything against me.

- Ase

Gi initiates her protection chant as she holds two golden ankhs...❤️

re·al·ist

/ˈrēəlist/

noun

1.

a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly.

2.

an artist or writer whose style is characterized by the representation of people or things as they actually are.

A Lil' Virtual Pause 4 Da Cause, Baby. ✊

The best way to fight an alien + oppressive

culture is to embrace your own. - African proverb

Gi marches day after day to get a sweet taste of actual Freedom...❤️

"Already got a Oscar for the casa

Runnin' down Grammys with the family

Prolly give a Tony to the homies

Prolly get a Emmy dedicated to the

Highly melanated, ArchAndroid orchestrated

Yeah, we highly melanated, ArchAndroid orchestrated

Yeah, Gemini they still jammin'

Box office numbers, and they doin' outstandin'

Runnin' outta space in my damn bandwagon

Remember when they used to say I look too mannish.

Black girl magic, y'all can't stand it

Y'all can't ban it, made out like a bandit

They been trying hard just to make us all vanish

I suggest they put a flag on a whole 'notha planet.

Jane Bond, never Jane Doe

And I Django, never Sambo

Black and white, yeah that's always been my camo

It's lookin' like y'all gon' need some more ammo

I cut 'em off, I cut 'em off, I cut 'em off like Van Gogh

Now, pan right for the angle

I got away with murder, no Scandal

Cue the violins and the violas." - Janelle Monáe ♫

Gi fixes her braids for Zailau's camera once again as she poses...❤️

A lovely collaboration, after all like does attract like...♑️

Thanks Menkaure for the invite I had a blast working with you! ❤️

"Keep, keep on

Never say die

When in the midst of sorrow

You can' t see up when looking down

A brighter day tomorrow will bring.

You hear the voice of reason

Telling you this can't never be done

No matter how hard reality seems

Just hold on to your dreams.

Don't give up and don't give in

Although it seems you never win

You will always pass the test

As long as you keep your head to the sky

You can win as long as you keep your head to the sky

You can win as long as you keep your head to the sky

Be optimistic." - Sounds of Blackness ♫

Gi looks upward & onward while living her very best life ❤️

...Yeah she like Henny and Crystals a little weed here and there

Her skin shines like a disco

Get tangled up in her hair.

Yeah she like Henny and Crystals (she like Henny and Crystals)

A little weed here and there (ain't nothing wrong with a lil' smoke)

Here skin shines like the disco (skin shine like the stars tonight)

Get tangled up in her hair.

What's yo name?

What's yo sign?

What's yo moon, yo sun, yo risе?

What's yo lies, what's yo truth?

What's that tattoo on your thigh, what yo?

What's yo occupation you get off at 9?

How bout I

Scoop you up bout 10?

Peek inside yo mind. - Domani ♫

Gi adjusts her dreads in her headwrap while placin' her crystals in her pocket before heading out the door...❤️

"I'm running behind in time

So much to do, so little time

I think you'll be alright tonight

I'll make it up to you some how...some how

I wanna see the world all by myself

and drift away to some where else

I'll make it up as I go

Tomorrow take another road...

Don't try to find me...Tonight

I'm lost until the sun comes up

Don't try to find me...Tonight."- Miguel Migs x Meshell Ndegeocello ♫

Gi locks her front door then turns & steps into the city's darkness...❤️

"An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting."

Gi stands quietly adjusts her ponytail as Zailau takes her photo...❤️

Gi as Hecate or Hekate (/ˈhɛkətiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἑκάτη, Hekátē) the goddess of magic, most often shown holding a pair of torches or a key and in later periods depicted in triple form (mother,maiden,crone). She is variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, light, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. She holds the keys to the underworld, mysteries, transitions, & tranformations. She's the keeper of wisdom + the unconcious mind.

Gi holds the keys to all things seen + unseen under the moonlit sky above...❤️

Éclairage portrait split

Split portrait lighting

Fujifilm XT-2 et sources lumineuses réparties autour du portrait. Fujifilm XT-2 and light sources distributed around the portrait.

1/80 s

ƒ2.8

37 mm (Fujinon 16-55mm)

ISO 320

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Mutiple Voices + Views on the Black Experience.

Read the article HERE 👈

Special shout out to Cassie Middles!

It was a pleasure to work with you...Great shots! xoxo

I appreciate the inclusion + love shown in support of awareness in regards to the Black Lives Matter movement...❤️

"What do you want from me?

Tell me what you really want

What do you want from me

Do you know what you really want?

I gotta be who I wanna be

Stop judging everyone and everything

Draining all the beautiful energy away

Changing faces, always wasting time.

Trying figure out who you are

I'll never be who you want me to be. You be you, let me be me.

What do you want from me?

Tell me what you really want

What do you want from me

What do you want from me

Do you know what you really want?

I gotta be who I wanna be." - Miguel Migs x Meshell Ndegeocello ♫

Gi adjusts her suspenders + afro as she takes her stance...❤️

...It was a beautiful day

A day for so much fun

I had my white T on

Had on my new Air Ones

I was gonna pull out the coupe and drop the top

I was gonna ride around and hug the block

Then she called and said I'm on my way

I got a few hours, I might as well as stay

Now I'm gonna lay back and watch her drop her top

Now I'm gonna record the s--t rewind and watch

Ooh ooh ooh ooh now after 2 hours of footage

Ooh ooh ooh ooh her body couldn't continue to do it

Ooh ooh ooh ooh she looks at me and says please don't go nowhere

Give me a second to breathe

It must be magic.

She loves the way I give her the magic

She wants a sugar daddy

She wants me to keep giving her the magic

She loves it cause I can do it all. - Joe ♫

Gi shufles her tarot deck + pulls The Empress card...❤️

location: garage studio, palma de mallorca (more infos in my blog post: arnds.photos/blog/turn-your-garage-into-a-studio)

year: 2025

camera: fujifilm gfx 100 ii

subject: carolina

"Like the wind, I am free

Going places, being things I wanna be

To settle down is, oh, so hard

But I will grant you that one chance, pick the right card

But don't miss it

Take your time, pick it

You only got one chance

You'd better...

Touch a four leaf clover

And maybe you'll get over Maybe you'll get over

Touch a four leaf clover

And luck might get you over

Touch a four leaf clover

And maybe you'll get over

Try and luck might come your way.

I'm free as a bird, yeah, yeah, yeah...

To catch me is to catch a leprechaun...

Hold on to your rabbit's foot

And I just might be yours forever

But you'd better

Touch a four leaf clover

And maybe you'll get over

Maybe you will get over

Touch a four leaf clover

And luck might get you over

Touch a four leaf clover

And maybe you'll get over

Try and luck might come your way." - Atlantic Starr ♫

Gi twirls & prances for the camera with tousled hair while showing her best form in her creme de menthe Leah & Flor bikinis...❤️

"Uber on the way, my phone is chargin'

He keep callin'

I wanna pick it up, but I keep stallin'

I feel some type of way

It's late at night, and babe

I ain't get dressed for nothin'

I ain't put on this dress for nothin'

So I'm comin', baby

Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, yeah

I'ma need for you to wait for it, wait for it, wait for it

Baby can you wait for it, wait for it, wait for it?

Baby can you wait for it? Wait for it

Can you?" - H.E.R. ♫

Thanks Antonietta! for my amazingly drawn digital illustration ♥

"I need money

I need sleep

I need new shit

I need peace

I need you when, I want the D

I need true shit, when you talk to me

Yeah, I could use some inspiration

I need someone I can create with

Studio in the basement

Mixing wine and love faces."- Tiara Thomas ♫

Gi ponders the essentials she's lacking & how to acquire them ❤️

...Can we make love?

Heard about me baby, yes, you know how I get down

Say you like it rough but can I toss your ass around?

I see you tryna take my soul from me...

Look me in my eyes and take control of me

Get down on my knees and pray my soul to keep

She said, "Baby, how the fuck you notice me?

Every time I dig in deep

I put that lil' baby to sleep. - K Camp ♫

Gi stands straight + calm as she poses while adjusting her fur...❤️

on a street where stone curls and reflections watch in silence, she draws a perfect red line—measured, slow, like punctuation to a sentence unspoken. the moment is hers, caught between texture and ritual, between past and posture.

Dayna lounges confidently atop an old, weather-worn truck, her pose blending softness with bold, rustic charm. The contrast between her dark dress and turquoise boots against the worn and discolored metal creates a striking fusion of beauty, texture, and timeless Americana.

...Your hands on my hips pull me right back to you

I catch that thrust, give it right back to you

You're in so deep, I'm breathing for you

You grab my braids, arch my back high for you

You're diesel engine, I'm squirting mad oil

Down on the floor 'til my speaker starts to boil

I flip shit, quick slip, hip dip and I'm twisted

In your hands and your lips and your tongue tricks

And you're so thick and you're so thick and you're so

Crown royal on ice, crown royal on ice

Crown royal on ice, crown royal on ice. - Jill Scott ♫

Gi adjust her crown as she poses regally for the camera...❤️

studio portrait with rembrandt lighting. charity portrait session, hamburg, 2025, classic black and white portraiture.

"Brown like mahogany,

Smooth like Hennessy

Me gwan nah say

We come from a line of kings

It's okay

Its okay to be cocky

The way you move your waist

You was born to be on me

Whine it low, whine it low, whine it low

Show me you want me.

Oh Girl,

She slim thicc

Move di body + work it

The way her booty go poppin'

Turn the club to the island, okay

Said, she slim thicc

Move your body + work it

The way her booty go poppin'

Turn the bed to an island" - Dawn Richard ♫

Gi slowly whines her way to the center of the dance floor...❤️

"Sufi woman, read me Rumi ’til I fall asleep upon your bosom

Sufi woman, you’re a lion, but you walk around so unassuming

You go shine your eyes, you go put it on me

Put a little spell on me

What you do to me?

Don't go walk away on me

You gon’, you gon' see

You gon’, you gon’ ni, ni, ni

You gon’, you gon’ shaker it

You go see the gardens

In La Bruja

In La Bruja

In La Bruja

Sufi woman, read me Rumi ’til I fall asleep upon your bosom

Sufi woman, you’re a lion but you walk around so unassumin'

Gypsy!

Gypsy woman, we gon’ dance until we dizzy

Gypsy woman, well, your power got me tipsy

All (All) day, now you brought that star

You left lipstick on my hand

I look dead inside, inside

You go shine your eyes

You go put it on me

Put it a little spell on me." - Jidenna ♫

Gi struts slowly through the dark gardens under the willows ❤️

"Double up, three or four times I ain't tellin' no lies

I just run it up, never let a hard time humble us

Double up, I ain't tellin' no lies, I just

I ain't tellin' no lies, I just

5, 4, 3-2 let's talk, I got

To you, that money

My dreams, come true

My life, in diamonds.

Who knew

Who knew

Who knew

Turn 7 to a 14

14 to a whole thing

Lord knows it's a cold game." - Nipsey Hussle ♫

Gi leans against the wall as she fixes her cap + fluffs her bob...❤️

"I heard she got her own

Heard she drive a Beemer and she got it on her own

Heard she was a dreamer but she sleeping all alone

I just wanna meet her 'cause I just wanna know

I heard she got her own

Heard she got her own

And I just wanna know

But I heard she got her own

Got her own...

You try impress her with your money

You don't know she got her own money

She has an eye for the finer things, I'm

Loving your wings, girl, they're fly to me, I

Know you seen her in the magazines, your

Aunty might hate, but it's flattering, girl

You by yourself is a tragedy

I got trees in my bag, we can smoke

But I heard she got her own." - Syd ♫

Gi gathers her things from her desk & steps out the door into the night from work... home bound ❤️

Some nights feel like they’re lit just for you.

CHRNO FALL25 hat bind leather . pink ( unrigged )

[DUK] - Brad Sweatpants // Legacy Size

Volkstone Caezar Beard / Black

RAWR! Committed Bracelets Legacy

[Enchante'] - Darcy Sneakers - Legacy M - Rose/White

NXS HD nails 5.0 [ legacy ]

CURELESS [+] Sterile Face Bandages

Volkstone Ezdra Mustache (ADD 1)

''COURTYARD'' HAMILTON JACKET - LEGACY

Decor - pile of boxes and barrels - MESH

LLJ Mesh Neon Drop Off 02

Alley Skybox - CANARUN

A simple studio portrait with a cinematic touch. The model sits casually on a chair, framed by smoke and soft light. Denim and boots add a hint of everyday style, while the pose and expression bring a quiet confidence.

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Студийный портрет с лёгкой кинематографичностью. Модель в непринуждённой позе сидит на стуле в облаке дыма и мягкого света. Джинсы и сапоги создают повседневное настроение, а взгляд и поза передают спокойную уверенность.

Model: @heshteganastasiay11

Photo: J.Fox @ifim8

ovidiu șelaru, master of street intuition, paused—just for a breath. in a fast-paced workshop shaped by his staggering visual acuity, this quiet frame emerged. a man usually in motion, usually watching, suddenly still, suddenly seen. hands framing a face etched with the weight and wit of his lens-driven life.