AK47 Division

AK47 Division Also provides pro-bono media services via PMS. Director: Anna Kuzmina

The media division of H+ | The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory that specializes in high art photography & cinematography and video production services for dance, the private sector and entertainment industries.

04/29/2022

How long have you been an artist? Every artists has theirs up and downs. Guerdley Cajus reminds us a valuable lesson on honoring our journey as artists. Full episode is coming soon.

04/25/2022

Have you experienced doubts about being an artist? Guerdley Cajus reminds us to celebrate the "universe" that is inside us. Stay tuned for a full episode.

04/22/2022

Self acceptance journey starts when you realize that you are going to spent the rest of your life with YOU. Stay tuned for more wisdom from amazing Guerdley Cajus

04/18/2022

What gets you going in the morning?

Sometimes it's the to-do list, hot coffee or that gold coat, like our first featured artist Guerdley Cajus . 😉
Stay tuned for more of our upcoming series. 🎥✨❤

Thank you for having us! ❤
04/17/2022

Thank you for having us! ❤

Thank you for having me 📷❤
10/23/2021

Thank you for having me 📷❤

11/23/2020

I'm excited to share this long anticipated video! For my birthday our PMS team helped me to create a story surrounding my journey as a woman. We're going live on Wednesday to premiere my birthday featurette and share our process! Join our IG live 6pm EST . 🙂 - Anna

Before COVID-19 I was finding myself not wanting to pick up a camera sometimes. Recently the purpose of using my camera ...
06/21/2020

Before COVID-19 I was finding myself not wanting to pick up a camera sometimes. Recently the purpose of using my camera started to go back to me.
Photographing Safi and his son is especially has been fulfilling for me because I don't have that many photos of me and my father together, unfortunately. I never saw value in it until I lost him. Now every bit of memory has been my way to hold on to him. My favorite photo of him sits on my table: he is 17 and plays guitar, so young and handsome. When I photograph Safi and little Safi-James, I'm giving him something I would never have: a photographic tesseract for him to see the lineage of growth, love and nurture in the hands of his father.
Today we have a lot more access to technology and photography has become vocational. However I find that I don't see a lot of images of fathers and their children. I was happy to come across and see a tribe of men who's documenting valuable moments of their fatherhood. More of that please!
A year ago I've committed to creating a project dedicated to fathers to honor the memory of mine. After almost a year has passed since my father's death I see that the way I viewed my project was centered around my unprocessed grief. I took some time to process during this pandemic and I reevaluated my approach. Seeing the grief of our generation when black fathers and their children unjustly being killed by white fathers and their sons, I find that we need more leaders. More examples. Fatherhood plays an important part in every child's life. We learn how to treat women from our fathers, we learn about masculinity through how our fathers express it. What does it look like to be vulnerable as a man? What is the strength? What is sexuality? Black fathers, q***r fathers, single fathers. Fatherhood has a lot of spectrum and complexity. I'll be using my gift as a platform to capture this beautiful process.
I want to say a special Thank you again to everyone who supported father's project so far. And thank you to for allowing me to capture you so candidly. Happy Father's Day. Drop a comment or a memory of your fatherhood or father's moment💖

Photographer Ghevaria
06/20/2020

Photographer Ghevaria

Happy Juneteenth! ❤️
06/19/2020

Happy Juneteenth! ❤️

Here is looking fierce as ever 3 months after giving birth. Working with Yasmine on her maternity shoot, we learned a l...
06/19/2020

Here is looking fierce as ever 3 months after giving birth.

Working with Yasmine on her maternity shoot, we learned a lot about the challenges Black mothers face during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. "Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's partly why the overall rate of pregnancy-related deaths has climbed over the past two decades, making the maternal mortality rate in the United States the worst in any industrialized country, according to a 2016 analysis published in the journal The Lancet."

When Yasmine was giving birth, we were there for support and safety. And she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Watching her be full of joy, connecting with her son every breathing second is fulfilling. However, I know that her experience of motherhood is weighed down by the uncertainty of the future of Black men in America: "One day someone won't think he's cute anymore and will think he's a threat." In Chicago (1955), 14-year old Emmet Till, was accused by a white woman for flirting with her and he was later found brutally murdered by her husband and son. In 2017, she testified that her accusation was false. In Central Park (1989), a white woman was assaulted, and five 13-year olds boys were incarcerated. After 13 years, they were released, proven innocent. In 2020 (South Georgia), Ahmaud Arbery, age 25, was shot by a white man and his son while jogging. There are many more examples where our biases, prejudices and racism fueled "feeling unsafe" which then caused a black man to lose his life unjustly.

I share this, because I strongly believe that art exists to send people a message, to reflect the times or to show a possible future. This portrait series is a reflection of a conversation we've been having about motherhood, its joy, its challenges, about being a Black woman and a mother raising a child during COVID-19 and a racial pandemic. It exists to inspire, to evoke empathy, and to promote understanding one another. People say that it's differences that separates us, but I think, it's our lack of empathy that stands in our way of seeing our similarities. Thank you for reading.

03/19/2020

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@apap365 is an annual showcase and an amazing opportunity for dance makers to present work and get booked for the year ahead. This year has been especially notable because @aaartsalliance and @nainichendancecompany partnered up to host an AAPI showcase. @mariajhackett and I had an honor to cover some of the amazing companies, that were featured in the showcase: @nainichendancecompany, @house.of.chow, @rovacodance, @mmmlloyd. Congratulations to all the performers with outstanding work! Wishing everyone an amazing year ahead! ❤️

The end of the year is close and we're sharing all the amazing projects we got to be a part of this year. Checkout BTS of Not Your Mother's new product campaign shoot. S/O to Geraghty Creative team for the amazing vision and work. ❤️

How long have you been an artist? Every artists has theirs up and downs. Guerdley Cajus reminds us a valuable lesson on honoring our journey as artists. Full episode is coming soon.

Have you experienced doubts about being an artist? Guerdley Cajus reminds us to celebrate the "universe" that is inside us. Stay tuned for a full episode.

Self acceptance journey starts when you realize that you are going to spent the rest of your life with YOU. Stay tuned for more wisdom from amazing Guerdley Cajus <3

What gets you going in the morning? Sometimes it's the to-do list, hot coffee or that gold coat, like our first featured artist Guerdley Cajus . 😉 Stay tuned for more of our upcoming series. 🎥✨❤

Pimp My Style "Birthday Edition"
Pimp My Style "Birthday Edition"

I'm excited to share this long anticipated video! For my birthday our PMS team helped me to create a story surrounding my journey as a woman. We're going live on Wednesday to premiere my birthday featurette and share our process! Join our IG live 6pm EST @ak47Division. 🙂 - Anna

Pimp My Style {Guerdley Cajus}
Pimp My Style {Guerdley Cajus}

H+ | Pimp My Style is a pro-bono service for dancers created by dance educator and philanthropist Safi Thomas that provides free headshots, videos and resume design. Sign up on www.hdcny.org/pms

Take a look at bts Pimp My Style Headshot session with @kate.wesler. ° ° ° Pimp My Style is pro-bono media services for dancers created by @safithomas. Sign up at hdcny.org/pms 👈 ° ° ° #dance #photo #pimpmystyle #bts #headshot #nyheadshot #instadance #nycdancers #dancersofig #headshotphotographer #headshotcrew365 #danceworld #dancersofinsta #instagramfordancers #igdancers #thesedancersfeature

Pimp My Style Video with Astree Perchon {BTS}
Pimp My Style Video with Astree Perchon {BTS}

H+ | PIMP MY STYLE® 2019 {BEASTY TEASER #1}
H+ | PIMP MY STYLE® 2019 {BEASTY TEASER #1}

Teaser trailer for PMS client Beasty. She wanted something that presented a different side. And voila!

Checkout interview with Zebra after his Pimp My Style videoshoot!

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Director: Anna Kuzmina

A full service media company and non-profit under the auspices of H+ | The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory (an NGO for dancer sustainability) designed to develop high quality media content and boutique media services for artists and corporations alike.