Brown & Beautiful

Sisters United
with Vivian Hosking-Aue & Rachel Soh

Fresh Gallery Ōtara
5/46 Fair Mall, Ōtara, Auckland

24 September – 19 November 2022

Brown & Beautiful celebrates the natural beauty of our young Pasifika women, their different shades of brown skin, and their varied shapes and sizes.

In a world of unrealistic body standards and widespread struggles with body image, this exhibition empowers women to learn to love what they see in the mirror and to embrace their unique features. It showcases a series of portraits taken of the young women who participated in the Sisters United Young Queens programme – a year-long mentoring programme run in Auckland high schools for Year 12 and 13 Pasifika students.

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