photo series: “pure black” challenges limitations around blackness

Sam Gonçalves is an Afro-Brazilian model with vitiligo who partnered with Haitian model Jean Woolmay Denson Pierre for a photo series called “Pure Black”. Shot by photographer Vinicius Costa, the series is meant to push back against the ways we limit our conception of what Blackness can look like. “We just want to show the world that Black is Black, no matter what,” says Gonçalves. “We all suffer. We are Black.” Incredible!

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