Your art has to do with body positivity and sexual liberation (among other things). What…
Protected: Radical Beauty
Faces of Womxnhood from the MENA Region30 November 1999
Finding beauty and pride in your culture and ethnicity is a complex topic for those who come from non-western backgrounds and have been raised in the west. Three friends from Cardiff, Wales, who have all shared this experience - Arwa, Deba, and Sally - decided to approach this topic by exploring and embracing middle eastern beauty first through portraits of Deba in a series of intimate photos called "My Culture" and next with a studio project called "MENA-hood", featuring models Khody and Lena. We sat down with the trio to discuss what inspired the shoot, the role of cultural sensitivity in artistic practice; and what life in Cardiff is like for the BIPOC community.
