Meet the Photographer Teaching Black History to the Next Generation

Meet the girl bringing Black historical past into modern-day. 

In honor of Black Historical past Month, E! Information’ Nina Parker spoke with photographer Tricia Messeroux, who’s working  to light up the accomplishments of Black leaders like John Lewis and Harriet Tubman by recreating a few of their iconic moments with Black kids portraying these heroes in her photographs. 

Messeroux is the creator of the web site Toddlewood, the place she recreates well-known purple carpet moments, film posters and different notable Hollywood snapshots with kids as the topic. Nonetheless, not too long ago, she shifted gears to give attention to a extra historic strategy to her pictures with the Toddlewood Engineers of Equality Undertaking. The transfer was in response to the police killing of George Floyd, which sparked Black Lives Matter protests throughout the globe final summer season.

In line with her website, Messeroux “felt the accountability to coach by way of artwork and inclusion by means of Toddlewood, her globally celebrated pictures model.” She obtained over 3,000 submissions from dad and mom who wished their kids to be part of the undertaking, with over 30 chosen to painting icons like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Angela Davis, Nina Simone, Ava Duvernay, Kendrick Lamar, and Nelson Mandela.