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I get to photograph a lot of portraits, which I have mostly neglected in this blog of mine. Im going to start posting more and more, with the aim of improving this skill, and reflecting on the many faces of I’ve encountered in the local reality.
Here is an off moment within a portrait session with Arab-Israeli Knesset Member, Ahmad Tibi, at his office in the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, back in November, 2015. Tibi is a member of the Joint List party, a union of Arab political parties that was formed before the last Knesset elections with the goal of together reaching a larger number of parliament seats and beating the electoral threshold. The goal was more than reached, being the second largest party in parliament, sitting in the Opposition.
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A 10-minute portrait session with Israel’s Defense Minister, Moshe Boogie Yaalon, photographed in an empty classroom at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, prior to the last Knesset elections, on March 4, 2015.
Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90
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Day 26 of Black History Month and I’m honoring Keisha Lance Bottoms. She is an American politician and lawyer who is the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor, she was a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta. President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection at the DNC for the 2021–2025 term.
Day 25 of Black History Month and I’m honoring the incredible Stacey Abrams. She is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential election, where Joe Biden won the state, and in Georgia’s 2020–21 U.S. Senate election and special election, which gave Democrats control over the Senate. In 2021, Abrams was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in the 2020 election
Day 17 of Black History Month and I’m honoring Lori Lightfoot. She is an American attorney and politician who serves as the 56th mayor of Chicago. She has served since 2019. Before becoming mayor, Lightfoot worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown and held various government positions in the City of Chicago. Most notably, she served as president of the Chicago Police Board and chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force.
Lightfoot is the first openly lesbian African-American woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States. Moreover, she is the second woman (after Jane Byrne), and the third African-American—after Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer—to be mayor of Chicago.
Illuminated portrait of diplomat D. Luís da Cunha (1662–1749) — Unknown artist, 1715 (National Library of Portugal)
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Portrait photograph of Jacinto Fernandes Gil, 1st Viscount of Porto Formoso (1823–1892) — Alexandre Ken, 19th century (Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada)
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Influential/Talented Black Women and Nonbinary Femmes of the Sun Signs
Aries:
- Aretha Franklin (March 25)
- Ari Lennox (March 26)
- Mariah Carey (March 27)
- Halle Bailey (March 27)
- Maya Angelou (April 4)
- Khadi Don (April 4)
- Billie Holiday (April 7)
- Jazmine Sullivan (April 9)
- Summer Walker (April 11)
Taurus:
- Kehlani Parrish (April 24)
- Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins (April 26)
- Coretta Scott King (April 27)
- Melissa “Lizzo” Jefferson (April 27)
- Shahidi Wright Jospeh (April 29)
- Maria “Rico Nasty” Kelly (May 7)
- Janet Jackson (May 16)
- Lena Waithe (May 17)
Gemini:
- Naomi Campbell (May 22)
- Octavia Spencer (May 25)
- Lauryn Hill (May 26)
- Laverne Cox (May 29)
- Normani Hamilton (May 31)
- Elizabeth “CupcakKe” Harris (May 31)
- Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (May 27)
- Venus Williams (June 17)
- Phylicia Rashad (June 19)
Cancer:
- Solange Knowles (June 24)
- Gabriella “H.E.R.” Wilson (June 27)
- Missy Elliott (July 1)
- Chloe Bailey (July 1)
- Tia Mowry (July 6)
- Cree Summer (July 7)
Leo:
- Michelle Williams (July 23)
- Maya Rudolph (July 27)
- Winnie Harlow (July 27)
- Whitney Houston (August 9)
- Amber “jstlbby” Wagner (August 10)
- Viola Davis (August 11)
- Simone “Slick Woods” Thompson (August 13)
- Halle Berry (August 14)
- Marsai Martin (August 14)
- Angela Bassett (August 16)
Virgo:
- Ava DuVernay (August 24)
- Cassie Ventura (August 26)
- Keke Palmer (August 26)
- Zendaya Coleman (September 1)
- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (September 4)
- Misty Copeland (September 10)
- Taraji P. Henson (September 11)
- Jennifer Hudson (September 12)
- Danielle Brooks (September 17)
- Jada Pinkett Smith (September 18)
- Sanaa Lathan (September 19)
Libra:
- Serena Williams (September 26)
- Tessa Thompson (October 3)
- Amara La Negra (October 4)
- Toni Braxton (October 7)
- Ashanti Douglas (October 13)
- Keyshia Cole (October 15)
- Naomi Osaka (October 16)
- Nyadak “Duckie” Thot (October 23)
Scorpio:
- Lala Milan (October 24)
- Ciara Harris (October 25)
- Tracee Ellis Ross (October 29)
- Gabrielle Union (October 29)
- Nia Long (October 30)
- Letitia Wright (October 31)
- Willow Smith (October 31)
- Dr. Patricia Bath (November 4)
- Solána “SZA” Rowe (November 8)
- Dorothy Dandridge (November 9)
- Lisa Bonet (November 16)
Sagittarius:
- Tina Turner (November 26)
- Janelle Monáe (December 1)
- Stacey Abrams (December 9)
- Ericka Hart (December 11)
- Mo’Nique Hicks (December 11)
- Regina Hall (December 12)
- Cicely Tyson (December 19)
- Florence Joyner (December 21)
Capricorn:
- Jordin Sparks (December 22)
- Madam C.J. Walker (December 23)
- Stormé DeLarverie (December 24)
- Donna Summer (December 31)
- Gabby Douglas (December 31)
- Zora Neale Hurston (January 7)
- Mary J. Blige (January 11)
- Issa Rae (January 12)
- Regina King (January 15)
- Michelle Obama (January 17)
- Quenlin Blackwell (January 17)
- Estelle Swaray (January 18)
Aquarius:
- Alicia Keys (January 25)
- Jenifer Lewis (January 25)
- Kerry Washington (January 31)
- Rosa Parks (February 4)
- Alice Walker (February 9)
- Yara Shahidi (February 10)
- Brandy Norwood (February 11)
- Kelly Rowland (February 11)
- Danai Gurira (February 14)
- Megan “Thee Stallion” Pete (February 15)
- Eartha Kitt (January 17)
- Audre Lorde (February 18)
- Toni Morrison (February 18)
Pisces:
- Robyn Rihanna Fenty (February 20)
- Nina Simone (February 21)
- Niecy Nash (February 23)
- Rashida Jones (February 25)
- Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas (February 27)
- Lupita Nyong’o (March 1)
- Wanda Sykes (March 7)
- Jasmine Guy (March 10)
- Emeli Sandé (March 10)
- Simone Biles (March 14)
- Jhene Aiko (March 16)
- Queen Latifah (March 18)
