Blackberry

_{Editorial Design
2021}

What I’ve Done:
_{Naming

Graphic Design
Art Direction
Copywriting
Advertising
Photoshop
Book Binding
Styling (for Photoshoot)}

Blackberry is a fashionable journal that highlights the experiences of Black queer men. The name “Blackberry'' was chosen to deconstruct negative connotations set against Black men of the LGBTQ+ community. This publication was developed to provide and garner support for queer Black men who deserve to be seen and have their stories heard.

Background_{This issue of Blackberry focused on experiences of love from within and love from others.}

Visual Language_{I wanted this journal
to feel intimate, contemporary, and refined. These voice words influenced my use of white space, composition and scale of text, and choice in photography.}

Benefits

_{Highlights and encourages the beauty of male femininity within
the Black Community}
_{Teaches outside communities about the intersections of
blackness and queerness}
_{Celebrates and supports black artists}

Spreads

Advertising

Credits
_{Photographers:

Clifford Prince King
Jamie Heath
David Urbanke
Sydney Claire}

_{Models:

James Flemons
Isa’ah Baker
Jalen Dominique
Magor Meng}
_{Baba Diop
Brandon Stanciell
Clarion Stanciell
Chrystian Brooks

Chrystal Brooks
Aj Calloway

Ares Taylor}