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Bessie Akuba 10/27/14 Bessie Akuba 10/27/14

Remembering Yosra El-Essawy

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“You are the pace car driver that leads the race. Pace yourself, B.” -Q

Duly noted, Q.

Q of @cartermagazine + @dnaamerica by @bessieakuba

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“A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”
-- Annie Leibovitz

To be seen is to be loved and everyone deserves to be seen.

I'm currently taking bookings for portraiture sessions and

13 years ago today you made your entrance into this world with ease. And, we’ve been on this journey raising each other. Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter Miss. Victoria…we love you more than you can ever imagine!

Photos by mom

Me: You like working here? These folks treating you good?

Him: yea it’s cool

Me: You have a beautiful smile…let me take your picture.

Him: ok, where you want me? What you want me to do?

Me: Just be you, do you.

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Really enjoyed opening night of “The Eyes on Atlanta: Black Contemporary Photography” and am grateful to have my work included and to share this space with some of Atlanta’s most talented artist and photographers. Thank you @darnell

Y'all know how I always say "I know it when I see it" ?

Well, I think in the first 45 seconds of my encounter w/ @supreme_czar I knew that there was something really special about him and after a 15 min conversation, I also knew I had to h

42. 👑🥳

It’s been one hell of a ride, but here I am 42 years later.

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