"UNAPOLOGETICALLY HERE" ART EXHIBIT CLOSING EVENT- CHASHAMA GALLERY

For the "Unapologetically Here" exhibit closing event at Chashama’s One Brooklyn Bridge Park gallery, SHEER partnered with three wonderful black female photographers: Rashida Zagon, Natiah Jones, and Tianna Howard to use the gallery as a conceptual "Open Studio" featuring:

A portrait station by Rashida Zagon

Natiah Jones’s debut photography portrait book Remarkability: Portraits & Insights of Inspiring Human Beings published by The Jones House

Tianna Howard's debut display of film photography prints

Check out the final portraits by Rashida Zagon below featuring the Pantone Color of the Year “Viva Magenta.”

Learn more about Remarkability: Portraits & Insights of Inspiring Human Beings via The Jones House and purchase here.

Check out more of Tianna Howard’s photography here.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and showed love! Looking forward to the next exhibit.

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art, eventsBianca Jean-PierreJune 28, 2023Brooklyn, art gallery, closing event, photography, communityComment