Forget oil pastels and watercolors. Hair is emerging as both artistic medium and muse of late. Between architectural experiments on the runway and recent films like Chris Rock’s Good Hair, shiny, frizzy, straight, and curly strands alike are taking center stage. Hair’em Scare’em (Gestalten, 2009) will be released stateside this month and aims to add [...]

With Chris Rock and Tyra Banks bringing the issue of “natural hair” to both the big and small screens, curly girls of all ages and races are grappling more than ever with the issue of whether or not to go straight. Naturallycurly.com is hoping that all women choose to embrace their textured tresses and has [...]

When Chris Rock’s five-year-old daughter asked him about her ”bad hair,” Rock was blown away that a child could already be aware—and concerned—about the appearance of her natural locks. Curious as to what, in effect, differentiates the good from the bad, he set out to document what black women (and some men) go through in [...]