Chanel Jaali is a sexologist, mental health professional, entrepreneur and both a visual and performance artist. Her goal is to create art that uplifts. Her latest project, Glow Photo Series, aims to highlight the beauty and strength that naturally occurs in Black and Brown women. When she isn’t capturing images, she is teaching sex ed through her business Jaali Co., or crocheting fashion items through her shop, FAMEousJ. Her photography work can be found on IG @chaneljaaliphotography, and on Facebook at Chanel Jaali Photography.
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The work being submitted is a combination of two series: Always in Bloom and Glow Photo Series. Glow Photo Series is a traveling photo project aimed to highlight the beauty of Black and Brown women. Women of all hair textures, body types, ages, abilities, and complexions are asked to pose in a predetermined color in an attempt to shift the perspective of what the standard of beauty should be. It was important to create something that wasn't seen while scrolling through social media. Everyone deserves to be represented and everyone deserves to know that they are beautiful. So far, the project has been to DC, MD, Atlanta, Harlem, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, New Orleans and more. Always in Bloom was created to show that there is beauty in you as you are, even as you are growing and evolving.
