BLACK ARCHIVES

BLACK ARCHIVES is a stunning collection of timeless images that tell powerful, joyful stories of everyday life and shed light on Black culture's dynamic, enduring influence through the generations.

The images showcase reunions, nights out on the town, parents and children, church and school functions, holidays, big life events, family vacations, moments at home, and many more occasions of leisure, excitement, reflection, and pride.
Featuring more than three hundred images that spotlight the iconic and the candid, BLACK ARCHIVES offers a nuanced compendium of Black memory and imagination.

Renata Cherlise is a multidisciplinary, research-based visual artist who uses various mediums to explore themes of identity, familial interiors, and cultural practices. Cherlise's work seamlessly bridges her southern upbringing with contemporary methodologies in digital and physical spaces while reimagining notions of the Black experience. Her archival project, Black Archives, has evolved from a photo-based website of visual narratives, into a collaborative platform featuring archival histories and modern-day stories from across the African diaspora.