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Savannah Spirit (born mid 1970' in Los Angeles, California, USA) is New York based photographer, visual artist, curator and activist. Savannah was born in Los Angeles, CA and has been taking photographs since she was 7 years old. Savannah Spirit, created this dynamic new visual story to challenge the idea of what nudity in social media is and means for today’s exclusive NAKID feature editorial titled, ‘I Am My Own Muse‘. The series applies modern ideas of feminism while exploring it in the context of social media where her work is often flagged for nudity and deemed “unsafe.” By reducing the body to graphic forms of black and white stripes, the shadows morph the body into shapes. This series dares to subvert the power dynamics of the photographer and the subject, particularly for the medium’s gendered history. . In the last few years, Savannah has embarked on a journey of self discovery, turning the lens on herself, as well as her surroundings. The heart of her work is about defining oneself and the importance of freedom of expression. As an activist, Savannah has dedicated her time to photographing important civil rights issues since 2012 including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, People’s Climate March, Anti-Trump protests, and the Women’s March. In defiance against the stigma around female nudity in the society and social media, she has been battling against censorship of her and others’ work (specifically from Facebook and instagram) through online exhibitions she has organized on Artsy, as well as serving as a curator for dontdelete.art, a website showcasing art banned or deleted on social media with organizations such as The National Coalition Against Censorship and Article 19. Her work has been featured in Forbes, AINT-BAD, Artsy, The Abolitionist, The Nation, LA Weekly, Best American Poetry, BOMB, Vice, W, Capture, Shinding, Dazed, Bullet, Billboard, THE Magazine, and Huffington Post. Savannah’s activism photographs are in the collection at the Henry Ford Museum. Her work is in private collections in Rome, Sao Paolo, London, Miami, New York and Los Angeles, including a permanently installed photograph in Tom Ford’s Houston flagship store.
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