Amy Sherald Instagram – RP This was so much fun @samiranasr 🖤thank you @harpersbazaarus Artists Calida Rawles (@calidagarciarawles) and Amy Sherald (@asherald) and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisipcoates) have been friends since the mid-’90s, when Rawles and Sherald were studio mates at Spelman College in Atlanta, and Coates was an undergrad at Howard University in Washington, D.C. But beyond their shared history, there are central notions of personal, physical, political, and creative freedom that they’ve each explored in their work. For our June/July issue, the trio explore imagination, representation, and where they’ve found freedom in their own lives. Read the full conversation at the link in bio. Photographer: @camilafalquez Fashion Editor: @menamorado Hair: @tasha_worldofstyles Makeup: @kuma1206 Manicure: @erihandanail Prop Styling: @matcullen Interview by: @kaitlyn_greenidge_author #AmySherald wears @apottscollection and @mironcrosby. #CalidaRawles wears @alietteny, @baacalofficial, and @churchs. #TaNehisiCoates wears @walesbonner, @dailypaper, @louisvuitton, and @adidasoriginals.