Wash Day

• Photographer
  Tomesha Faxio, United States
• Studio
  Mesha Llc

Wash Day celebrates the unique bonds between Black mothers and their children through intimate photographs of their hair-care routines. I photographed twenty-six different families, illustrating the many ways that these mothers have used wash day to instill love, acceptance, and confidence in their children about wearing their natural hair. Through hours spent with their children, typically at the kitchen sink, each of these mothers is resisting generations of hair discrimination by creating a space for empowerment, all while finding their own sense of self-acceptance along the way.