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Featured image: A full-length portrait of artist Alkebuluan Merriweather. She is standing and is wearing a gray beanie, a pink dress and a black leather trench coat with white sneakers. Behind her is a mural at the west wall of the Regal Theater displaying images of artists including Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, Nat King Cole, and Josephine Baker among others. Along the mural walls are wheel stops made of precast concrete. Photo by Samantha Cabrera Friend.

Archiving Through Social Media: An Interview With Alkebuluan Merriweather

Published by Onyx Montes

Instagram archives, like Alkebuluan Merriweather’s @homagetoblkmadonnas, are pushing the boundaries of what digital archiving can be.