Antoinette Vaughner

Happy Black History month! Before Instagram. Before filters. Before “aesthetic” was a buzzword, Black photographers were documenting truth, culture, and identity with depth the world is still catching up to. Feature pioneers like Gordon Parks , Carrie Mae Weems , Roy DeCarava , and Ming Smith artists who didn’t just take photos, they shifted narratives. I am a huge fan of Gordon Parks work and his why. Without people like Gordon Parks having the courage to tell stories with his images I...

Did you know confidence peaks later in life? Many women report feeling more comfortable in their bodies in their 40s than in their 20s. I didn’t realize it until I was approaching 40, that I had spent a lifetime people-pleasing. Somewhere along the way, I lost track of Antoinette, wait did I even ever know her? what she liked, what she didn’t, what she needed. I was stuck on a hamster wheel of familiar patterns, running hard but going nowhere. Letting that go wasn’t easy and it's constant...

I attended my first confident buiding experience. Latoya Dixon Vacation Boudoir School of Greenville Boudoir in South Carolina. First let me just tell you, She is a Beast with confidence building because mine went through the roof. This exerience taught me so much, not just as a woman but as a boudoir photographer myself. I just haven't reached my tribe, I haven't connected the words with the pain point or established a moment for a woman to want to explore the intimate side. This was eye...