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Bessie Akuba | Atlanta Based Creative Producer I Visual Storyteller
about
portfolio
Our Kind of Women
press. mentions. features.
contact : booking
Bessie Akuba | Atlanta Based Creative Producer I Visual Storyteller
about
portfolio
Our Kind of Women
press. mentions. features.
contact : booking
@terrijvaughn and I can’t wait to celebrate @ourkindofwomen tomorrow at @ilovethedoux  on International Women’s day! Happy Women’s History Month! 

Thank you to @ourkindofwomen’s @kimberlyrenay for this billboard and @joyalant
It doesn’t fall short on me that over the last year, I photographed and interviewed 100 Black women over 40 across the country. One hundred Black women. An anthology if you will. 

The most brilliant, layered, accomplished, soft, powerful, stil
ATLANTA: BEYOND thrilled to share with you this body of work “Our Kind of Women”  in partnership w/ @terrijvaughn  and presenting sponsor @ilovethedoux . 

International Women’s Day March 8th, 2p-4p. RSVP required. And while you are
The ladies of @ourkindofwomen: So, Bessie you are gonna be in this too? Right?

Me: **gets make up done by @themuaalex and sets up my self portrait session…. * 

#ourkindofwomen
All Love this weekend ….. ♥️
This is us… @bessieakuba + @terrijvaughn  telling the story of @ourkindofwomen: choosing themselves with intention, being a mirror and bearing witness to presence, evolution, and the power of becoming visible to yourself! 💫💫 💫

Thank you @_
For those that have known me for a while..Remember when I was writing quite a bit? Yea? Well she’s back. 

New post on my Substack about the power of community and divine feminine creativity…

Link in bio…

#okow #community #subst
2025 Akuba Mixtape: Highlights + What 2025 taught me about myself and what not…. 🥂

Onward.
When I started my Our Kind of Women @ourkindofwomen project in January, it was always about more than photographs. It was about making Black women feel seen, about identity, presence, legacy, reinvention…and more. 

Over the past year as I&rsq
A quick trip to Spain to see my ‘baby’ brother get married. After spending one night in Barcelona, most of the wedding guests and family piled onto two tour buses for a two hour journey south of Barcelona to an old castle (that we had to