Johanne Rahaman

Johanne Rahaman (b. Trinidad) is a documentary photographer who has worked in both film and digital formats since 2002. She is the founder of the photographic archive BlackFlorida, which examines shifting urban and rural spaces occupied by Black communities throughout the state.

Compelled by a lack of nuance or positive representation of Black communities in media, Johanne started documenting the Florida communities that mirror her hometown—Trinidad’s stigmatized Laventille Hills—and offering a snapshot of everyday moments that highlight entrepreneurship, beauty, sensuality, aging, mortality, youth and resilience.

Rahaman is a 2018 recipient of the Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts, and has received grants from Knight Foundation, Alternate ROOTS and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She’s been nominated for the British Journal of Photography’s Ones To Watch and World Press Photo’s 6x6 Global Talent Program, PDN 30.

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Commissioned Work

Filmed by Jorge Graupera