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Black Girl With Long Hair
The Flickr album “Do you have an afro?”, which features UK men and women with huge fros posing against a white backdrop, has been getting MAJOR buzz on the Web. I caught up with the man behind the project, UK photographer Errol, to learn about what inspired him and to get a closer look at some of the amazing photos!
How long have you been a photographer?
E: A few years now still trying to make a living from it 🙂
Are you originally from the UK?
E: Yeah I’m originally from sunny Croydon. Been in the UK all my life .
What inspired you to do this album?
E: A few things the classic Ohio Players album covers from the late 70s and 80s along with the Blaxploitation films.
Who are the people in the album?
E: The whole project was really about meeting people that replied to advert on a website, so they are just everyday people. Of course they all have very different backgrounds: actors/actresses, models, singers, etc so expect some of them to be famous in the near future.
I’ve seen links to your album on several blogs. Have you done any exhibitions?
E: I can’t even remember the amount of blogs that have featured my work. It’s been pretty amazing, I’ll have an exhibition in London sometime next year.
What did you like most about this project?
E: Meeting new people. That’s the most exciting thing about London — the diversity and mixture of people is amazing and I don’t think it happens to this extent anywhere else on the planet. It needs to be seen to believed.
Check out the full album here HERE
14 Responses
That young lady with the copper fro is so inspiring. She is both beautiful and funky. Classic beauty with a serious edge.
Hi everyone
Thanks for the wonderful comments i really appreciate it 🙂
For the record i’m based in South London (UK) so if anyone wants to get involved please drop my a line to:
er**************@***il.com
and please keep checking back for updates it’s an on going project.
Errol
I like his photographs.
beautiful!
I agree with DeNee and salonblabbermouth the Copper fro is amazing !
Beautiful images.
Beautiful models
I love this! Any info. on how we get information about the exhibit or in contact to be part of the pics series?
I agree with DeNee, that Copper FRO is fierce. Great Pics!
This is flippin AWESOME!!!!!
Now I’m anticipating purchasing my SLR camera even more.
Heard of Flickr but never looked into it though…..beautiful images.
This is what’s up. I love how our hair has so much flavor that people can automatically look like pieces of art. Thanks for this post.
@ Miss Fizz — woops! I’ll take that out now…
These images are so vivid and alive. He definitely is doing well at his craft. The costuming is also fresh. Beautiful assortment of photos…
Oh Happy Holidays!!
Hi Leila, that picture is not Errol. I featured him and his work on my site before and that is definitely not him. It’s one of his models.
Oh, my goodness!
That picture of the woman with the copper ‘fro is DANGEROUS!
I am so tempted to go for that color. Her fro is amazing! 😀