We’re Excited About the Black Venus Project, a Book Showcasing the Beauty of the Black Female Body
Black women and our bodies are often dissected and on display, but rarely do we see our bodies — no matter the shape — celebrated for their strength and beauty.
Enter the Black Venus Project, a blog and now book project by Eastern European-born, North Carolina-based photog Maxim Vakhovskiy. While Vakhovskiy photographs a variety of subjects, he is particularly interested in capturing what he calls “the Black Venuses of the World.”
Although most of the images in the Black Venus Project are women in the nude, they are all so strikingly beautiful you can’t help but admire them.
One of our favorite blogs, IAMtheNUBlack will be interviewing Vakhovskiy about his work and why he chose to focus on black women. Gabrielle Smith, the blog’s owner, is accepting questions from black women about Vakhovskiy’s Black Venus Project, so if you’d like to ask him a question visit IAmtheNuBlack.
To read more about the Black Venus Project and see more of Vakhovskiy’s images, visit his tumblr page.
What do you think of the Black Venus Project?
*Photos via Maxim Vakhovskiy
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I am another one of maxim’s models. He has been nothing but professional and I am honored to have been a part of this project. Some of you need to stop over-thinking because everyone does NOT have a secret motive because they like black women. I could understand the criticism if he were taking video girl type photos, but these are nothing of the sort. Please actually look at his website and his tumblr page. He captures us in such an artistic and respectable manner. There were no ill intentions for this project.
To Minna: These were NOT meant to be “sexy” photos. These were meant to showcase everyday black women from all over the world in a natural state. With all of the trashy images of black women on television and magazines, why are we giving this man a hard time?
There are other black photographers who are as good and have a great collection of everyday black nudes. Why are they not on Clutch?
Do you have the names of those black photographers? I would like to look them up