In the spirit of Black History Month, Awesome, Inc’s staff focused on celebrating the culture, traditions, photography, and stories of the Black community throughout the month of February. Together with our fellow staffers, we curated galleries that celebrate Black culture and traditions, shared our members’ stories and photography, and highlighted the achievements and contributions made to society from people of the African diaspora.

We hope you’ll take some time to explore these galleries that celebrate the diverse nuances within the Black community, including the creativity surrounding Black hair, Black love, Black art and Black joy!

If there’s a theme, tradition, or community in Black history and culture that you’re proud to be part of, we hope that you’ll share it on Flickr. In the meantime, we invite you to read the stories of Flickr members that are sharing their photography and documenting Black history and culture in the making.

Elvert Barnes: Three decades of documentary photography and counting

Jay Ford: My Camera, My Voice – SmugMug Films

The importance of photography around the Black Lives Matter movement

Black History and Culture on Explore

If you’re a Black photographer and would like to connect with others, say hello here! Flickr staff is there to say hello and thank you for being part of the community, too.