Nearly a decade after photographer Johanne Rahaman turned her camera toward Pompano Beach’s Northwest community, the images still hold quiet power — front porches, bold color, neighborhood businesses, and everyday moments that define home.
Rahaman’s statewide project, Black Florida, was created as a living photographic archive documenting Black communities across Florida from the inside out. The work challenges one-dimensional narratives and instead centers resilience, culture, and pride.
The Pompano Beach gallery includes familiar local faces. Among them: community leader Eccentrich, host of the Exit 36 Poetry Slam that helped position the city as a spoken word hub, and Debresia Nathel LeSane, who ran for Mayor of Pompano Beach in the 2024 election. Their presence in the archive reflects how art, civic engagement, and community leadership intersect in Northwest Pompano.
Supported in part by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Black Florida elevates stories often overlooked in traditional media — documenting not just struggle, but legacy and strength.
Ten years later, the images remain more than art. They are record, reflection, and reminder.
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