MY HAIR, MY CROWN

In response to my daughter‘s dissatisfaction with her hair, I started to engage intensively with the topic of representation and the search for identity. That's how the idea for ♥️ “My Hair, My Crown” ♥️ came about.⁠

⁠“Wow, look at all the women here with hair like mine!” my daughter excitedly exclaims as she enters the studio at the Shooting day. ⁠As a white woman, setting up such a project means dealing with my dogmas and taken for granted beliefs and questioning them. In many conversations with my partner, i became aware that the love of hair has a different meaning and greater importance for our children than it ever did for me. As Black girls, my daughters experience other things than those i experienced as a white girl. ⁠
Working on this project has not only strengthened my daughters, but also me. It helps me to better understand my children‘s questions and insecurities and to develop solutions as a family.⁠

⁠A big thanks to the whole team for the positive and supportive atmosphere. Working with all the powerful women in front of and behind the camera was a wonderful experience! ⁠


WITH

Joanita: https://www.instagram.com/joanita.franklin/
Teresa: https://www.instagram.com/teresaleuzinger/
Mica: https://www.instagram.com/nimica_artistry_/
Elodie
Layla
Zoé & Dina

TEAM
Hair-Styling Curl-ish (Tina Berner, Hanna von Allmen,Sara Krappe): https://www.instagram.com/curl_ish/
Make-Up: Nimica Artistry https://www.instagram.com/nimica_artistry_/
MAKE-UP TOUCH UPS: Alexandra Bertschi https://www.instagram.com/xayabylexb/
DOP: Biby Jacob: https://www.instagram.com/biby_jacob/
1.AC: Deborah Rhyner https://www.instagram.com/decharess/
CLOTHING (adults): Tara Mabiala https://www.instagram.com/taramabiala/
STYLING: Giulia Santos https://www.instagram.com/saintgiulia_/
VOCALS: Anouchka Gwen https://www.instagram.com/anouchkagwen/
MUSIC PRODUCER: Alexia Thomas https://www.instagram.com/alexiapat_/
SOUND EFFECTS, MIXING Stereotyp GmbH https://www.instagram.com/stereotypaudio/
BEHIND PHOTO & VIDEO, TYPO: Nora Steffen https://www.instagram.com/nora_steffen/
Director / Photographer: https://www.instagram.com/brigittefaessler/
Production: https://www.instagram.com/cubique_presents/


THANKS TO:
Sven Uhlmann: https://www.instagram.com/uhlmann_sven/
Michael Kempf: https://www.instagram.com/michael_kempf/
William Bejedi: https://www.instagram.com/willy_jedi/
Schau film: https://www.instagram.com/schau.film/
Leuchtturm: https://www.instagram.com/leuchtturm.li/
Iuri Rigo
Simon Mader
Jonas Puppen
HGK FHNW