Stabroek News Photographer Keno George and make-up artist Decarla Hodge this past Wednesday launched ‘Melanin and Honey’, a collection of photos of African Guyanese women that seeks to endorse that black is beautiful.
Keno, who launched the project on Facebook, posted that the project is a reminder to black women of their beauty. He said, “It serves as a visual representation of the versatility of their complexion… When everyone looks the same it is not always easy to be confident in your uniqueness.”
The idea of the project was birthed when a fellow photographer brought to Keno’s attention how difficult and sometimes frustrating he found editing photos of darker-toned women. This sparked the idea for him to embark on a project with African women and for Keno it was more than photo editing and highlighting the beauty of black women but also encouraging them to be proud always.
