Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora

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Photographers Kahran and Regis Bethencourt reimagine fairy tales | In their new book, "Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora," photographers Kahran and Regis Bethencourt challenge preconceived notions. I didn't always appreciate the retellings and the stories have to be short to match the pictures, so I feel they were often shortchanged to fit the format. His new wife, Sonya, didn’t care much for Ebony, but she pretended to love her in the king’s presence. We are fortunate having been through the process ourselves to be able to guide and use our experiences to help our children. It is my hope and prayer that we are able to connect our children to the Qur’an, not only in memorisation, but also reading, understanding, contemplation and application.

All are accented by the wonderfully beautiful, extraordinary costuming of Black children, which personifies the Bethencourt's work. It pretty much was a story about a privileged girl going in and just eating everything and just leaving and going back home," he said. Bold, nationalistic, and unrelenting, Christophe long occupied outside imaginations that for a century subjected him to myth and ridicule. The clothing is intricate and colorful and absolutely stunning; the designer blended together the traditional fairytale costume elements with modern and traditional elements of clothing in Black culture, which so perfectly captures the spirit of the book.She transformed into an old crone in a hooded robe and moments later appeared in the woods where Ebony sat under an apple tree.

Most of the pictures are in black and white which has it's own artistic appeal but I would love it if they had done some in color throughout the book. She stares off into the distance and also directly at the camera, as if to say this story was always her own. 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.

To start this journey means, in shā Allah, that you will begin a cycle that will repeat itself from generation to generation with much of that reward coming back to you.