Kristen Emack

Cousins
My daughter and my niece's involvement in each other's lives is both gravitational and expected. Whether we want to or not, we all grow up. The girls have each other to navigate this tender process, and I admire their innocent, confident relationships to themselves, their world and one another. Between them is an intimate and spiritual knowledge that is both ordinary and extraordinary, and I'm indebted to these three beauties for letting me capture the brilliance of their communion and kinship. As they have matured, they have begun to understand that the lives of Black girls are not well documented, and agree that one added intention of this series is to bring forward that perspective. My hope is that when they look back on this work, they will see the beauty of their childhood together, and when they look for everyday representations of themselves in the world, they will find themselves here, in this work we made together, reflected with love.
This project is ongoing.

Braids

Milk Moustache

Touch

Forsyethia

Plexiglass

Piggyback

Clinton Motel

Gaze

Shower

Leyah

Braids

Milk Moustache

Touch

Forsyethia

Plexiglass

Piggyback

Clinton Motel

Gaze

Shower

Leyah