Johanne Rahaman

Trinidadian, living in Miami

Praise the Bridges That Carried Us Over, 2021

Photographic print on vinyl and aluminum

Courtesy of the artist.

Praise the Bridges That Carried Us Over is a proposed large-scale photographic mural of Miami-based community organizer Valencia Gunder. Known for her advocacy for the incarcerated in Florida, she has championed state legislation that improved conditions at correctional facilities and restored voting rights for former felons. The work’s title draws from a quote by the late civil rights activist Fanny Lou Hamer.

Johanne Rahaman’s work has appeared in several media outlets, including the New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair National Geographic, Hyperallergic, Slate, Jezebel, Huffington Post, Quartz Africa, Fusion Network, Miami New Times, Orlando Weekly, WLRN Miami and WMFE Orlando. She has been published in Oxford American, Photo District News, Bloomberg Businessweek and Mfon: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora.