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Nadine Ijewere: ‘I Want To See More Black Women at the Top’

The London-born photographer, whose signature sun-soaked style subverts the industry’s outdated beauty ideals, has made history as the first Black woman to shoot the cover of both American and British Vogue.
[L-R] Caribbean Sisters, 2019, Tallawah; Cuba Project, 2018. Nadine Ijewere.
[L-R] Caribbean Sisters, 2019, from the series Tallawah; Cuba, 2018, from the series Cuba Project. Nadine Ijewere courtesy of C/O Berlin.

Nadine Ijewere made history this month as the first Black woman to shoot the cover of American

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