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Bessie Akuba | Atlanta Based Creative Producer I Visual Storyteller
about
press. mentions. features.
Our Kind of Women
contact : booking
portfolio
Bessie Akuba | Atlanta Based Creative Producer I Visual Storyteller
about
press. mentions. features.
Our Kind of Women
contact : booking
portfolio
Last week, I had the honor of attending “Ladies First” an intimate Women’s History Month dinner curated by @cindafreknrella @scenebysatchel @thandipourscocktails at @hotelphoenixatl’s @zephyratlanta Sponsored by @armanddebrig
mood and inspiration coming into 2026…easing out of Black History month…moving through Women’s History month…and sauntering into Aries season….. ✨✨🥂
@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
Thank you October. 💫✨
It’s been years since I’ve been the subject of another artist/photographer’s gaze. And I desperately needed updated images of me for my website and other media material. Enter, artist/photographer extraordinaire @phyllis.iller &hell
🕯️🕊️🖤 📷 @bessieakuba D’Angelo Frankfurt, Germany 2015 #dangelo
september. 💛 yes, thank you. More please.