I wanted to show the inherent beauty of Black natural hair.”For Black women and children, wash day is equal parts essential maintenance and self-renewal.
Tomesha FaxioIn the series of portraits that make up “Wash Day,” Faxio sat with 26 families and took photos as they went through their distinct routines.
We talk often, after all, about the obsession with hair being “done” and the intra-communal shame that sometimes comes with natural hair.
For us too, wash day is a high energy sport — and it’s also a bonding exercise that neither of us will forget.
Tomesha Faxio
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN
Locations:
—, Black, Brooklyn