Tony Toni Toné

Hypervisibility is a double edged sword for black people everywhere. Our being put on display has created opportunities where there were none given, yet it more often creates opportunities for our likeness and our culture to be exploited and appropriated by everyone else. When our image is controlled by others, it creates a zoo-like atmosphere where we feel violated, reduced, and disrespected. Only when black people are seen through the Black Gaze is the black body respected, the black mind revered, the black spirit nurtured. The East Bay Photo Collective invites you to bear witness to a celebration of black intimacy curated by black, photographed by black, and modeled by sovereign, divine, and legendarily blessed black beings.