Black History Month / Photography

Blacksploitation Still For The Oscars

Pamela Suzette “Pam” Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974′s Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino‘s film Jackie Brown. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been … Continue reading »

Let The Sunshine In
Black History Month / Modern Vintage / TGIF / West Coast

Let The Sunshine In

In eleventh grade, I was in a small singing ensemble called the “New Horizons”, (spoiler alert. I was in band from 4th grade until 10th grade and sang in choir from nine years old, all the way through college). We were your typical high-school troop who sang dated, cheesy songs from our mothers and grandmother’s era at luncheons, … Continue reading »

Black History Month

Black History Dork Fact #1

Did you know that, “George Carruthers invented the far ultraviolet electrographic camera, used in the 1972 Apollo 16 mission. This invention revealed new features in Earth’s far-outer atmosphere and deep-space objects from the perspective of the lunar surface. Carruthers was inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame in 2003.” Yeah, neither did I. Thanks, Bio. Continue reading »

Black History Month / Holiday / Photography

It’s Black History and the First of the Month, Again!

Last year I did a similar post with lofty promises and resolutions.  Well, this year the only thing you should expect from M-squared this month is a celebratory, quirky, and thorough outlook on the various aspects of African-American livelihood in America, with a nod to Africa. Since I’m on a black and white photography kick, below I’ve … Continue reading »