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Stories By Paper Monday

“My process includes seeing people and telling their stories. Without people or human stories, there’s no photography for me. I started by telling my own story through the images and have since evolved to tell stories chronicling the world around me.” A Story By Paper Monday, an in-depth look at an unorthodox journey.  Hear the …

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Alex Hill on creating space for food to change people

Trailer: We Are Made Podcast| 1/21/2022 Today on the We Are Made Podcast Imani is joined by home chef and Just Add Hot Sauce food blogger, Alex Hill. Alex teaches us about the importance of creating spaces for food to change people, which luckily she gives more insight about today. What started as just a …

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Stephon Williams

STEPHON WILLIAMS / BLACK / PHOTOGRAPHER & CEO/ BASED IN GA stephonx.com | @stephonx_ | @realstephx “Back in college I was a very to myself, shy type of person. And I was trying to figure out different ways as to where I can break out of that basically.” Stephon X photography What was your original …

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Stephon Williams on embracing new ways of finding your calling

Trailer: We Are Made Podcast|1/14/2022 Today on the We Are Made Podcast Imani is joined by Atlanta based photographer Stephon Williams. From his humble beginning as an event shooter, to his transition into the beauty and commercial industry. Stephons experience supports the influence of following your calling and developing your voice as a creative. As …

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Love is Real

“My first portraits were in 2008 of my friend, Dino. He’s a rapper and he needed photos for his album art plus promotion. I wasn’t even a photographer at the time and I didn’t even have a camera! I used Dino’s point and shoot camera, he had a vision for what he wanted and so …

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Mondays

ASHLEY & CARMELO SANCHEZ / BLACK / FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR/ BASED IN VA mondaysva.com | @frommondays | @plantsorwhatever @92bricks Mondays plant studio Take us back to the start, where did the idea come from? Carmelo: It wasn’t until we had our child, her name’s Charlie Gray, September 2019, And I guess I didn’t wanna …

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Ashley and Carmelo Sanchez on the power of following your vision

Trailer: We Are Made Podcast| 1/7/2022 This week on We Are Made Podcast, Imani is joined by Ashley and Carmelo Sanchez, Founder and Creative Director of MONDAYS. A plant studio located in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. But they’re not your average plant store, they are the start of “something new”. As we unpack this week’s origin …

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Caroline White

CAROLINE WHITE / BLACK / CERAMIST/ BASED IN NJ graysonwhiteceramics.com | @graysonwhiteceramics | @caroline.ow “I’ve just always been a very creative being, and I felt like I was not practicing that aspect of myself. So I wanted to just do something creative.” Grayson White Ceramics in action Share with us what brought you to pottery. …

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Caroline White on drawing inspiration to build your craft

Trailer: We Are Made Podcast| 12/31/2021 Today on the We Are Made Podcast, Imani sit’s down Caroline White, Founder & CEO of Grayson White Ceramics, a ceramics studio based in Montclair, New Jersey. You’ll find that her work is easy to fall in love with, whether you’re attracted to her natural hues or her sophisticated designs. …

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Jordan Lyle

JORDAN LYLE / JAMAICAN / DESIGNER/ BASED IN LA fortheculture.club | @forthecultureclub | jamdownflava “If it’s one thing I’ma do is my best, and my best is going to take me to the next step.” For The Culture Club Apperal Growing up in Jamaica you weren’t exposed to many people enduring a creative career. What …

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