The Art of Black Women’s Street Style Photography (With Taylor Baldwin)

How I Got Here with Dreena Whitfield

In this episode of How I Got Here, Dreena welcomes Taylor Baldwin, a lifestyle photographer based in Philadelphia. Her work has been featured on Essence Magazine and different digital platforms like BET, Refinery29, XOnecole, ASOS, Time magazine, and many others. From switching majors and schools in her junior year of college to starting art school from scratch, Taylor juggled being a student, a mom, and a corporate event planner while still pursuing her love for art photography. She’s here to share her story!

Taylor speaks on how she fell in love with photographing black women’s street style. She explains how she started building relationships with different influencers by offering free photoshoots to practice and to put herself out there. She shares top tips on how to become a successful street style photographer by building a strong foundation. “Failure never crossed my mind…I never thought that I wasn’t going to be this person.”- Taylor Baldwin

She describes the feelings she experienced when ESSENCE reached out to work with her because of her good work. She also shares with us how the Glow Black Girl Glow series was born and developed.

“I think I needed that dramatic moment of everything stopping, I needed that moment to just refocus and figure out what I love about what I was doing.”- Taylor Baldwin

Listen in to learn how Taylor navigated the world during the covid pandemic by getting back to the art of photography and trying new things. Plus, Taylor shares how she overcame the fear of impressing everyone and developed her style by saying no to many people.

“Everything will come full circle for you if you just keep on working at it.”- Taylor Baldwin

Connect with Taylor:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mama.photog/ https://www.instagram.com/glowblckgirl/

Website: https://www.mamaphotog.com/