We have personally awaited the release of this gorgeous book for awhile now and we're excited to welcome photographers and power couple,  Kahran & Regis Bethencourt to MahoganyBooks Front Row as they discuss Glory in conversation with our very own co-owner, Ramunda Lark Young and a special appearance by Amoy Anunet, one of the models!

About the Creators:  Regis and Kahran Bethencourt are a husband-and-wife duo and the imaginative forces behind CreativeSoul Photography. With more than ten years of working with hundreds of children, families and brands, they specialize in child and lifestyle photography while incorporating authentic visual storytelling. As artists, CreativeSoul Photography is committed to helping kids and brands create fascinating imagery by operating as a one-stop shop offering expert creative direction, vision, planning, strategy, and execution. They've worked with brands small and large around the globe such as Disney, Just for Me, CurlyKids Haircare, CamilleRose Haircare and more.

About the Book:   From Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the dynamite husband and wife duo behind CreativeSoul Photography, comes GLORY, a photography book that shatters the conventional standards of beauty for Black children.

With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration of the versatility and innate beauty of black hair, and black beauty. The glorious coffee-table book pays homage to the story of our royal past, celebrates the glory of the here and now, and even dares to forecast the future. 

It brings to life past, present, and future visions of black culture and showcases the power and beauty of recognizing and celebrating oneself. Beauty as an expression of who you are is power. When we define our own standards of beauty, we take back that power. GLORY encourages children around the world to feel that power and harness it.

Our Host: Ramunda Lark Young is Co-Founder/Co-Owner of MahoganyBooks.  She is a sought after speaker who champions the Power of Authentic Business Connections and literacy.  She serves on several boards,  is an active community leader and forthcoming author.  Being a wife and mom are her proudest joys.

Derrick and Ramunda Young are owners/founders of the award-winning, MahoganyBooks in Washington, DC where they focus on books for, by and about people of the African Diaspora. The couple have been featured in Oprah Magazine, TIME Magazine, Essence, Washington Post Steve Harvey TV and Wall Street Journal among others.

Kahran & Regis Bethencourt Discuss Glory at MahoganyBooks