Black photography

portrait of Sunni Colon

A global platform for emerging talent, i-D celebrates fashion, culture, individuality and youth.

The renowned photographer and historian conquered the photography world when others said she couldn’t.

The veteran photographer and writer Art Shay cites Honoré Daumier as a longtime inspiration for his focus on civil rights, social justice, and crime. The 19th-century caricaturist “taught me to aim my predatory camera at the contumely, at snobbery, pretensions, cruelty, and the machinery of petty power,” Shay writes.

I've always been drawn to the natural emotions shown in the out-takes of my commercial beauty work so I decided to work with Amudat Hassan to create this series 'Joy'. As a beauty photographer, I photograph people most of the time, but rather than taking portraits, I concentrate on achieving the level of perfection that sells make-up. With this portrait I wanted to show the raw emotion, the un-restrained personality of the models behind the facade of digitally perfected beauty. The edit is…

Working with Ghanaian children on Lake Volta, humanitarian photographer and cinematographer Jeremy Snell’s luminous images tell a serious and urgent story.