Carell Augustus

Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments, by photographer Carell Augustus, is a work of art – not merely visually, but also for the fact that the images used are of iconic frames from films that are so much part of our social fabric that they are embedded in our psyche; the one change is that the central “star” associated with the look has been replaced by a Black person. Before the deluge of outrage begins at the idea of reverse appropriation, let’s consider the surface impact.