Home • Beauty "Posing Beauty," a traveling exhibit on Black beauty throughout history. The beautiful exhibit celebrating Black beauty curated by Deborah Willis, Ph.D. By Lyndsay Green · Updated October 27, 2020 01 Drama and Flava from Back in the Days, 2000 Jamel Shabazz, Drama and Flava from Back in the Days, 2000, color-coupler print. Jamel Shabazz 02 Karisse, London, 2003 Lola Flash, Karisse, London, 2003, digital color-coupler print Lola Flash 03 Pickin’, 2007 Lauren Kelley, Pickin’, 2007, color-coupler print Lauren Kelley 04 I Looked and Looked to See What Terrified You, 2006 Carrie Mae Weems, I Looked and Looked to See What Terrified You, 2006, digital print Carrie Mae Weems 05 Susan Taylor, as Model, 1970s Ken Ramsay, Susan Taylor, as Model, 1970s, Gelatin silver print Ken Ramsay 06 Baby Back, from “American Family”, 2001 Renee Cox, Baby Back, from “American Family”, 2001, archival digital print Renee Cox 07 Untitled (Man and Mirror) from “Kitchen Table” Series, 1990 Untitled Image Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Man and Mirror) from “Kitchen Table” Series, 1990 Gelatin silver print Carrie Mae Weems 08 Atlantic City, Four Women, 1960s John W. Mosley, Atlantic City, Four Women, 1960s, Gelatin silver print John W. Mosley 09 Crowning the Queen, 1960s John W. Mosley, Crowning the Queen, 1960s, Gelatin silver print John W. Mosley 10 From the “Plastic Bodies” Series, 2005 Sheila Pree Bright, From the “Plastic Bodies” Series, 2005, digital print Sheila Pree Bright "Posing Beauty," a traveling exhibit on Black beauty throughout history. &body=https://www.essence.com/beauty/black-beauty-throughout-history/" target="_blank" class="email">