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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
crowned persistence.

Black women have persisted through centuries of abuse and degradation but have always donned their crowns, refusing to let them fall to the ground.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2020
Date Uploaded: 04.2021
Photo Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States of America
Camera: NIKON Z 6
Copyright: © Michele Meyers