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Art Spotlight: Sacred Waters

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Art Spotlight: Sacred Waters

I DOCUMENTED THE LIVES AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES OF BLACK HOODOO WOMEN PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN BOTH TRADITION AND COMMUNITY. Beyond their sacred rituals, they are mothers raising their children, teachers sharing ancestral knowledge, healers providing spiritual and practical resources, farmers cultivating the land, and doulas guiding new life into the world. My work highlights the fullness of their lives—where spirituality, care work, and community leadership are woven seamlessly together.

Two Black hoodoo women, dressed in white, gives another woman a spiritual and ceremonial bath in an old cracked claw foot tub, surrounded by a wooded area.
Two Black hoodoo women, dressed in white, gives another woman a spiritual and ceremonial bath in an old cracked claw foot tub, in front a white wooded shed.  A hoodoo Black woman in her ceremonial dress, holding a rooster sits on the concrete steps of a white wooded shed.
A hoodoo Black woman in her white ceremonial dress intentionally passes the wrapped rooster to the other Black woman
A hoodoo Black woman in her white ceremonial dress intentionally passes the wrapped rooster to the other Black woman
A Black hoodoo woman kneels down in the grassland to light the palo santos in the handmade wooden bowls.
A black hoodoo woman in a surrendered posture as another hoodoo woman stands behind her with the rooster
A little Black girl with locs gleefully dances in frame while the three Black hoodoo women walk behind her.
Two Black hoodoo women standing in front of a tall tree, placing their hands on it spiritually connect with earth, surrounded by a greenery wooded area.
Thee Black Hoodoo women sitting happily together on a white front porch, two sitting in rocking chairs, the other sitting on the floor, holding the little Black girl