"Crowned" and Empowered: Black Children in Stunning Visions of Culture

Husband and wife photographers Kahran and Regis Bethencourt have reimagined classic fairy tales with photographs of Black children in their book CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora. The couple intentionally casts Black children of different ages, skin tones, and hair textures in traditionally white roles, like Cinderella. The book is a visual representation of their original mission to celebrate and embrace natural Black beauty and to encourage Black children to wear their natural hair in fashionable settings.