Collected Item: “Francesca Amewudah-Rivers”
Your Name
Sèverine Howell-Meri
Your Pronouns
she/her
Instagram handle, if any
@shotbyseverine
Work Title
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2026
[Image Rights] Do you confirm that you hold the rights to this image?
Yes
[Eligibility] The Curve Photo Contest proudly centers and uplifts people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. Please share how you self-identify, using language that feels most accurate to you. Feel free to include all intersections of your identity. (Examples: lesbian, trans person of color, Latinx queer woman, radical faery, butch, etc.)
Queer, Guadeloupean, South London Baddie
[Artist Statement] Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement OR answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..." (Max. 100 words)
Fran. A phenomenal actor and musician, looking radiant as ever against a handmade gold backdrop, having just loc’d her hair. We spent a few hours at my home studio, speaking of all the ways we can nourish ourselves after heartbreak, and the importance of showing up exactly as you are, even when the world tries to convince you to hide. We are lucky to exist at the same time as her.
[Visual Description] Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags."
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, a beautiful, dark-skinned Black woman, is sat facing 45 degrees to her left, and is looking up into the distance. There is a handmade, gold painted backdrop behind her. She wears a black headband with her newly loc'd hair with faded red tips, cascading over it. In her right ear, she wears an earring of a Gye Nyame, a popular Akan symbol (from Ghana) that expresses the omnipotence and supremacy of God in all affairs. There are 2 beauty marks on her cheek facing us.
She wears a black vest jacket with a white zigzag pattern in thin lines on it. It is thick, made of a denim-like material with pockets at the breast.
She wears a black vest jacket with a white zigzag pattern in thin lines on it. It is thick, made of a denim-like material with pockets at the breast.
[Agreement] In the event that you win the 2026 Curve Photo Contest, do you consent to having your photograph printed for the sole purpose of displaying at The Curve Foundation's one-day event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) during Lesbian Visibility Week? The Curve Foundation will cover printing costs, but will not cover costs for mailing the print after the event ends.
Yes
[Agreement] Do you consent to The Curve Foundation storing, sharing, and using this image and its description as we deem appropriate, including disseminating on our social media, website, and Curve Archive and Curve Quarterly?
Yes
[Agreement] By checking 'I understand' below, I acknowledge that this contest upholds values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I confirm that my submission does not contain anti-LGBTQ+ or other discriminatory, hateful, or exclusionary content.
I understand