COURTNEY COLES, MOMMA
“The very foundation of my practice is rooted in my fascination with the multiple ways I consider people, places, and memories “home” and my desire to preserve it. I am enthralled by making photographs that are soft and sincere because the world has been anything but to Black queer women like me. I extend grace first to myself, as seen in my self-portraits, and then to my loved ones who so graciously invite me into their lives. where the world has failed in protecting me, I have stepped in to make the quiet photographs that soothe me.” - Aint Bad