These stunning portraits of students at a Protestant secondary school in Mbandaka, Congo were taken by American photographer Eliot Elisofon in 1972.











Beautiful! Ladies, what are your thoughts?
These stunning portraits of students at a Protestant secondary school in Mbandaka, Congo were taken by American photographer Eliot Elisofon in 1972.











Beautiful! Ladies, what are your thoughts?




10 Responses
These are gorgeous pictures. They actually look like they were taken today!
Gorgeous but…since when does 1972 qualify as “vintage”?? #yesimold #vintagenatural 🙂
I love this! Made me teary eyed…
And I also love the positive comments…
it’s a shame that over the years we traded this beauty for relaxed hair
Beautiful young women ready to take-on the world.
I’m a Congolese who was born in France and even as the child my mom would use the rope technique on my hair. In her vintage pictures my mom is rocking the antennas and the classic afro.
I think they’re gorgeous! Beautiful photos!
So nice to see a measure of acceptability and normalcy regarding Afro textured hair. Beautiful.
Stunning photos! Such beautiful ladies.
The pictures are so clear and beautiful.