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Photography | Creative Direction | Production | Podcast Black Shutter Productions centers the Black perspective through creative expressions.

Brooklyn
Joined January 2020
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“Our limitations are actually what motivates us to go outside the box. If you remove that limitation from the start, you will have lazy photographers who don’t appreciate the growth process so they wouldn’t put in enough effort to become better versions of themselves.
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"There's something liberating about fighting an obvious enemy as opposed to one you have to prove exists." Trevor discusses the difference between racism in America and South Africa. #BetweenTheScenes
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Listen, not getting reactions to your photos does NOT make you a bad photographer – at Querétaro, Querétaro Arteaga
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Tune in to Episode 57, where we speak with Chicago-based commercial and sports photographer Marcus Smith about breaking down his career goals into smaller steps. Link to Ep 57: bit.ly/3N8b75y
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You ain’t never lie my brother. Make our own garden, plant our own seeds, and grow our own flowers. This is the way.
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Look at this bad game of scrabble
Soooooo NOBODY in marketing looked at this and thought, let’s not. 🙂
Beautiful portrait
WOMAN LOOKING FROM WINDOW, BELIZE, Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
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Which is why we are seeking out therapy and safe spaces more and more. We are not only seeking safe spaces but creating them. It’s the new form of survival. Stay up fam ✊🏿
Replying to @kmlsazr
We feel pain, but the world got it to where its hard for us to express how much it hurts
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For my Black photogs. What are your thoughts on getting calls to photograph #juneteenth events?
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Peeped ep.56 @theblackshutter w/fellow 🇯🇲 (well Jamerican) @ronbrodie. Dope Convo! My line is "Make wrk w/a 🖕🏾 up" & as ◼️ creatives we hve 2 tread lightly till we succeed. I only care abt making wrk that shows how @bhuetful we R. Thats my 🖕🏾, success B damned & I ❤️ my wrk.
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We out tomorrow night! Come through to kick off opening night of Photoville 2022 with us. We will be presenting some work and chopping it up with some powerful and dope photographers. Details below 👇🏿
Don't miss @theblackshutter "Behind the Shutter" live visual conversation at #Photoville2022 featuring @lovefullness, @JHensonScales, Keith Major, and Melissa Alexander 7:30PM this Satuday: l8r.it/e6T6 ____ Photoville Festival Kick-off: 1PM-10PM, June 4. |📍@bbpnyc
Come through and kick off @Photoville Festival with us. It is such a dope honor to be able to share the work, stories, and experiences of so many talented Black photographers. We out here!!!
Tune in to Ep 55, where we speak with a BK-based documentary photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn @lovefullness, about seeing the world from a global Black perspective. Link to Ep: bit.ly/3L5YGWM
Tune in to Episode 53 where we speak with Los Angeles-based writer, photographer, and cultural strategist, Chérmelle Edwards @coffeetographer as she discusses the complex and diverse world of coffee as a culture. Link to ep: bit.ly/3JELY0C
What??!! Thank this is dope considering there is a limited amount of Black players in the NHL. Well done @grafikAmanda
Rising Stars: Meet the NHL's First Black Female Photographer Amanda J. Cain blog.photoshelter.com/2022/0… via @photoshelter
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Rising Stars: Meet the NHL's First Black Female Photographer Amanda J. Cain blog.photoshelter.com/2022/0… via @photoshelter – at San Jose, CA
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Tune in to Episode 51, where we speak with Tulsa-based photojournalist @MichaelNobleJr . about the necessity of developing a thick skin in the photo industry. Link to Ep: bit.ly/3Jhes0Y
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Tune in to Ep 50, where we speak with NY-based portrait photographer Keith Major @KeithMajorPhoto about seeing the beauty in everyone. He has photographed A-list Brands and Celebrities. In addition, he is the photo director for Ebony Magazine. Link to Ep: ow.ly/Qpyv50I89yX
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