Image 1
Year of creation: 1989
Country of provenience: Brooklyn, NYC
Name of Author(s): Still from the movie ‘Do The Right Thing’ by Spike Lee
Title (if any): still from the hydrant scene
Style/Movement: comedy/drama
Field: Black Cinema
Medium: Movie
Descriptive keywords: "On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence." -IMDb This particular scene embodies a carefree moment full of joy and GOOD energy.
Image Source: https://www.alamy.com/original-film-title-do-the-right-thing-english-title-do-the-right-thing-film-director-spike-lee-year-1989-credit-universal-pictures-album-image206833343.html
Additional sources: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/13/do-the-right-thing-how-black-cinema-rose-again

Image 2
Year of creation: Jan. 31, 1993
Country of provenience: Pasadena, California.
Name of Author(s): Steve Granitz / WireImage
Medium: Photography
Descriptive keywords: Michael Jackson performs at the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show. ‘To me there’s no such thing as a bad image since even an image that doesn’t seem perfect has something special to it. Since I love pop culture this is the first connotation I had with the word bad.
Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/powerful-pictures-from-black-history

Image 1
Year of creation: Between 1968-1988
Country of provenience: Nigeria
Name of Author(s): J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Field: Hair/Braids
Medium: Photography
Descriptive keywords: In 1968, he started working on his extensive documentation of intricate Nigerian hair styles. He captured over a thousand pictures of different African women’s hair and traditional head ties, forming a series of both historical and anthropological significance for its immortalization of such an ethereal yet integral element of culture. The series of photographs captures the range of popular day-to-day styles, as well as ceremonial styles, in both the street and the studio.
Source: https://www.art-kelen.com/post/artists-portrait-zoom-on-j-d-okhai-ojeikere
Additional Source: https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/j-d-okhai-ojeikere-s-photographs-of-elaborate-nigerian-hair-styles/EQICAb263EVWJg?hl=en

Image 2
Year of creation: 2019
Country of provenience: Netherlands
Name of Author(s): ESmay Wagemans
Style/Movement: Sci-fi
Field: Ultra realistic sculptures
Medium: Sculpture/Top
Descriptive keywords: Esmay Wagemans is a sci-fi artist who’s work includes ultra-realistic body mouldings and a transparent top worn by Solange.
Image Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuW3rrlFnnI/

Image 1
Year of creation: 2018
Country of provenience: Amsterdam
Name of Author(s): JeanPaul Paula, Florian Joahn,
Title (if any): ‘Too Black’
Medium: Photography
Descriptive keywords: JeanPaul Paula and Florian Joahn crated this image as part for a campaign for the national ballet and opera. While reviving the image the client described the models and image as ‘too Black’ which is why it had to be reshot. It can now be found in the Rembrandhuis in Amsterdam.
Source: http://www.jeanpaulpaula.com/too-black/

Image 2
Year of creation: 1995
Country of provenience: VMA Red Carpet NYC
Name of Author(s): Unknown
Style/Movement: Paparazzi red carpet shot
Medium: Photography
Descriptive keywords: Rodman’s open acceptance of the LGBTQ community was something never seen before in the straight-laced NBA. He was often spotted wearing whatever he felt like and also experimenting with his hair, makeup and style. To me this photo perfectly descries this Idgaf mentality.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/nice-tank-dennis
Additional Source: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/5dmxm8/7-of-vivienne-westwoods-most-iconic-looks

Image 1
Year of creation: 2019
Country of provenience: Austell, Georgia
Name of Author(s): Tyler Mitchell ‘Idyllic Space’ film (Behind the scenes photographs of the Idyllic Space shoot by Christian Cody)
Title (if any): Idyllic Space BTS
Style/Movement: Contemporary
Field: Black joy
Medium: Film/Photography
Descriptive keywords: Tyler creates “a black utopia” with an “honest gaze” and conveys that black beauty is a way of justice. The ways in which he portrays black joy is beautiful to me.
Source: https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/tyler-mitchell/

Image 2
Year of creation: 2020
Country of provenience: NYC
Name of Author(s): Jazzelle Zanaughtti, Oscar Ouk
Title/Instagram Caption: ‘the issue the people (me) need’ #voguechallenge
Style/Movement: Instagram Post/Challange
Medium: Photography/Makeup
Descriptive keywords: Instagram sensation, alternative beauty icon, and model Jazzelle Zanaughtti, a.k.a. @uglyworldwide has made a name for herself in the fashion industry by rejecting traditional standards of beauty in favor of her short bleached hair, shaved brows, gold grills, and ultra chill vibe.
Image Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTXZqpFzns/
Additional Source: https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxqje/see-how-uglyworldwide-is-changing-the-face-of-beauty

Image 1
Year of creation: on Jan. 7, 1980
Country of provenience: NASA Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Virginia
Name of Author(s): Donaldson Collection
Style/Movement: Analog Black and White Photography
Medium: Photography
Descriptive keywords: Mathematician Mary Jackson, the first black woman engineer at NASA, poses for a photo at the NASA Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Virginia.
Image Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/powerful-pictures-from-black-history

Image 2
Year of creation: between 2016-2020
Name of Author(s): unknown
Style/Movement: Caricature/Satire
Medium: Illustration
Descriptive keywords: To me Trump pretty much describes best what’s wrong with this world and every time I hear him speak it makes feel sick. This is the first and biggest association I have with the word stupid. I also find it interesting how he’s probably the president with the most cartoons, satires and sketch shows.