Photography by Valerie Bah

Set Design by Valerie Bah and Monika Estrella Negra

Make-Up and gore by Monika Estrella Negra

Concept and Story by Valerie Bah and Monika Estrella Negra

Model - Monika Estrella Negra

Montreal, QC, Canada, 2017 

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Violence affects Black women on multiple levels . This photo series explores the sadistic assault on our bodies and our ancestors, and the trauma passed on through the generations. The words accompanying these images are meant to invoke the stories present in our DNA and through our own lives. This was a significant process of working through transgenerational distress, and the toll it still takes upon us. 

-Monika Estrella Negra