Author: Wanda

FROM BELOW THE BIBLE BELT

A Durham, North Carolina native by way of Dallas, Texas, Kennedi Carter is a fine art and editorial photographer with a primary focus on Black subjects.

FROM BELOW THE BIBLE BELT

SOON AS I GET HOME

Kennedi ‘s work aims to reinvent notions of creativity and confidence in the realm of Blackness.

FLEX

PALOMA ELSESSER FOR ZEIT MAGAZIN

AWENG

“We have existed under the conditions in which we currently live for so long it is hard to imagine anything different; our imaginations have been colonised.” She employs her work to decolonise: to picture new worlds, and this involves reimagining the past as much as it does the present.

GODCHILD

ICARUS

Her work highlights the aesthetics & sociopolitical aspects of Blackness as well as the overlooked beauties of the Black experience: skin, texture, trauma, peace, love and community.

MOSES SUMNEY FOR HIGHSNOBIETY

REFINERY29

JAZASLYN’S FAMILY

RIDING SUCKA FREE

Kennedi’s evocative portraits are underpinned by a sense of intimacy. “I think there’s something that’s always been very interesting to me about the nude form, even in regards to changing the narrative surrounding Black nudity,”

FROM BELOW THE BIBLE BELT

THE GANZY

Kennedi Carter is just 21-years-old. Alongside working on personal projects and assignments, she is studying for a degree in African American studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

REPORTAGE

WIRED

She collaborates with titles such as British Vogue, Time, The Fader, Bustle, Vanity Fair, Zeit Magazin, HighsNobiety, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired and GQ among others;

ERYKAH BADU FOR ROLLING STONE, OUTTAKE

LAKEITH STANLEY FOR ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

DAN LEVY FOR BUSTLE

This year, Kennedi Carter became the youngest cover photographer in British Vogue’s history, capturing Beyonce for the December issue of the magazine.

BEYONCE FOR THE COVER OF VOGUE UK

She was profiled in the British Journal of Photography’s Ones to Watch 2020. She won First Prize Pride Photo Award – Single Images 2020.
Last week, her cover for British Vogue featuring Beyonce. was awarded The Jury Award “Celebrity Magazine Cover Women” at The Agents Club Photography Awards ’21.