40 Ounces Of Franny
The photo series is about the concept of femininity and vulnerability. Being comfortable in your own skin inside and outside your home in front of people and alone. B/W and living in color. Franny’s place is somewhere we all used to hang out at and create art and be free before the pandemic. Franny’s comfort in her own skin is admirable.
About the Artist
Leah grew up between Long Beach, CA and the Bay Area. She is currently studying at the California State University of Northridge for her Psychology B.A, Africana Studies Minor, and Art Minor. Leah has always been an observer with and without the camera and pen. As a child, Leah was described by her mother as a “silent observer.” Once developing an interest in the arts at the age of 14, She began self-publishing documentary-style adolescent dysphoria photography zines and selling them to pay for film and processing during this time, to this day she has self-published 6 zines and has had photo spreads in numerous publications since 2014.
As an Afro-American, 20-year-old artist in a white-centric art realm, Leah has made it her goal to prioritize sharing the vast stories of Black life in America from a psychology perspective, using melancholy poetry and analytical writing. It has been very important to Leah to have published pieces with said companies, especially knowing how mass media has tainted the Black body for centuries. It has been Leah’s job to show the beauty of all bodies, however the Black body first and foremost.
