We wish that the film remakes featured in the exhibit ONOMOllywood, the brainchild of Dakar, Senegal-based photographers Omar Victor Diop and Antoine Tempé, were real. The duo was approached by hotel group Onomo International to create a photo series that used Onomo’s hotels as a backdrop. Diop and Tempé decided to create a 20-photo exhibit that places black women at the center of Hollywood classic like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Matrix. The results are stunning.
1. Inspiration: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
2. Inspiration: American Beauty
3. Inspiration: The Matrix
4. Inspiration: Chicago
5. Inspiration: Frida
6. Inspiration: Blow-Up
7. Inspiration: Thelma & Louise
8. Inspiration: Psycho
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