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Grant-winning portraits of Black women fracture the mythical monolith

Photographer Tiffany J. Sutton challenges the one-dimensional perception of Black women through her award-winning portraits.
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Growing up in the Midwest, Tiffany J. Sutton found herself in predominantly white spaces. She began photographing Black women as a way of reconnecting to a part of her culture that she felt was missing and

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