RE-CREATION PROJECTS

November 09, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

SOMETIMES ITS JUST ABOUT CREATING ART!

Without dragging it out, we’re creating specifically based upon what inspires us; we’re doing re-creation projects. Inspired more and more by concepts and ideologies such as those conveyed and implied by “STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST” by Austin Kleon, we’re keeping it moving by not limiting ourselves. We’re creating behind what we’ve seen other creators do. Re-creation isn’t just recreation. It’s not a process of duplication. It’s the process of attempting to achieve what was already done without the same assets and resources but more using what’s at our own disposal.

The key is to implement effective and impactful projects. The point is to choose projects that are worth re-creating—meaning they have a particular and specific meaning or intended impact as identified and understand thru how they were originally done. Also they should apply to the artist, designer, photographer, business or brand as being developed as stand-alone or associated projects. Basically, we’re not—I’m not—just coming up with things to shoot, design or artistically redevelop, there’s a point to it. There’s meaning, vision and purpose.

In this month of November, we’re still striving to complete our “BLACK BRILLIANCE” project and with that, we’ve discovered newer and other concepts to convey they message and messages.

*We do not own the above imagery. WE support and post them for educational purposed to inform. We are encouraged, informed and inspired by them for the communities and cultures we serve. Please contact us for Source and Ownership information and for removal requests where applicable.

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LIAM IAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY @ HOME!

November 07, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

Local Grand Community Shooting - North Bethesda - Montgomery County, MD

Done as practice photography for Liam Ian, this selection applies to the Personal Professional Portfolio of Liam Ian Black and LIAM IAN™.

[Shot with Canon EOS 80D : Canon 50mm Lens.]

Photography by Liam Ian Black. Assisted by Levonte Chavis. Website administration and posting by Kendra A. Philpot.

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CONNECTIONS & CORRECTIONS

November 07, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

FINE TUNING THINGS SO IT ALL MAKES SENSE TO THE COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO BE IN AND BE FOR!

I’ve learned recently that I’ve made something of a substantial departure from what and where I started with intention for where and what I wanted to be. I’ve allowed things to get far and away from the initial ideas and intended endgame goals. What I also understand is that this is a normal part of the process of success. Success isn’t something that happens overnight nor does it happen in a straight single line. In business—especially if you are also the primary artist—wires will get crossed and things will be dropped. No one person can do and be everything…even if they think they can…even if they have help.

REMEMBERING WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.

Friends have helped me review, recap and recover ideas that I had long forgotten about. Of these were the dream of being the brand name of luxury items that people would have. Within their homes or on their person, I wanted to be a name that meant something to People of Color representing Intelligence, Ethnicity and Innovation within Art, Design, and yes, Photography. I’ve had no aspiration of shooting parties or other affairs because I call myself a Photographer. No. I’ve just wanted to create. Creating thru Art, Design and Photography, my goal was to produce goods that would represent and symbolize the best of Black and Brown Individuals, Identities, Cultures and Communities. Somehow…I’ve lost this. I’ve lost this and even gotten lost in everything done to actually do it. Now…

I believe in the potential of Black and Brown People. I believe in Black and Brown People with a specific focus on African Americans and African American Communities. It’s thru all that I’ve encountered, endured and survived that have led me to the person I am today. While not perfect, I’m pretty okay. I’ve been afforded many things—including wisdom thru pain, sorrow and hardship—and so I feel the urgency and priority and responsibility to pass on what I know to one of the most deserving, impactful and significant communities to ever exist, that of the African American.

INTELLIGENCE. ETHNICITY. INNOVATION.

These three words—to me—totally represent and embody what it is to be an African American. Black and Brown. Light-skinned and dark-chocolate. Short and tall. Celebrity and not, what it is to African American is to of a heritage that no one else could ever come close to. While other words like Resilient, Enduring and Dynamic can easily be among those to convey and conjure the spirit of African Americans, it’s truly what has come to light about the power, potential and promise of African Americans out of centuries of oppression and death that inspire the words we’ve chosen.

The matter of LIAM IAN™ / LIAM IAN LLC™ is to create products and services that help to enhance, inform and even appreciate the greatest of possibility for Black and Brown Communities and Cultures. Wall Art, Digital Designs, Wall Art Photography, the goal is to create those static items and goods that go the way of creating, enhancing and defining someone’s world. Decor and apparel. The goal is to create and manifest a better world…or at least the potential of.

And then it became so much more.

Thru Entrepreneurship and Art and everything else, I discovered I was and am capable of so much more. Because of what I’ve learned and even the uniqueness of who I am, I discovered that there’s been so much more beneath the surface. Yes. I learned about William B. Philpot IV making a more complete transition into the artistic persona of Liam Ian Black. And with that knowledge tied with ambition, things became…bloated and over bloated.

With a greater push to end 2025 out on a profoundly positive note, planning for 2026 has already begun.

CONNECTIONS & CORRECTIONS

It truly is about connection—not connection to others exactly but more connection to each creative and operational category. It’s about alignment to those core agendas and intentions that we began with—that I began with. The correction is to steer away from those activities that haven’t had too much to do with what was initially intended to come back to a place of revealing and sharing all that is and has been Liam Ian Black. Urban themes mixed the complexity and sophistication that has me the unique being that I am. Deep and rich colors; Black and Browns, Silvers and Golds. Deep reds, greens and blues and everything else that is rooted at my core. No matter the category, it’s to showcase who and what I am as an African American Man surviving all that I have and counting it all as blessings to the life I live today.

*Especially when in business, take pride in your mistakes as well as your successes. Don’t be afraid to take chances and push the limits a bit…even if it seems to not make sense. Follow your gut instincts and get creative because if you’re not solving a problem, you should be bringing something fresh and brand new to market. This is a part of the artistry of being an entrepreneur. This is a part of the artistry of being an artist in entrepreneurship. Especially if you’re an artist or true creative, nothing is certain. Nothing is certain…but you just keep reworking the formulas until something hits.

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TWO CONSULTATIONS IN ONE WEEK.

November 06, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Self-Portrait), 1982

SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS BUT BOTH HIGHLY ENLIGHTENING…as the Consultant.

LESSONS

Never underestimate the need to be heard and the feeling of connection.

Two consultations this past week and upon review and assessment, l've come to the conclusion that I limit my own self sometimes. I limit myself by thinking I need to be seen or heard. Sometimes we get in our own way of creating when trying to create to appeal...when what we really need to do is to create for ourselves.

Learn to create for yourself. Take yourself out of the commercial, corporate and capitalist mindset of doing for money and do your thing by creating to express yourself. Create to manifest the version of yourself you want to become. Create to not only communicate but to also grow.

We lack adequate development sometimes because we're only facilitating growth as defined and directed by our environments. True growth-the catalyst to true powerful impactful growth-comes from making the decision to change and change in the way of refusing all that is and has become normalized within our families, friendships and communities. Question who you are and what you have done and test the waters in doing things different than the regular scheduled programs.

When you "do"—when you act for change--act for yourself and NOT for others. Truly, it will always be others that after yourself will serve as your most difficult obstacles yet powerful lessons.

—Liam lan

*Fact is that some can actually produce with an intent and pursuit for some financial gain taking on the agendas or commissions of others but then there those who rely on pure mental and emotional inspiration. It’s not my advice to not create or produce for profit but there’s much ore value in those works that represent a moment, perspective, or experience that fuel the creative process.

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PIKETOBERFEST @ PIKE & ROSE!

November 02, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

AN EXPERIENCE FOR NORTH BETHESDA LIKE NO OTHER.

While Piketoberfest (at this point) was some time ago, we captured some content about the event. Held at Pike & Rose of North Bethesda, the occasion was a family fun community event saturated with activities, music, food, art, crafts and fun. Let’s not forget the beer either!

Family-friendly, this event was diverse and absolutely welcoming with many people out on display. A safe space for many, this was a more than healthy mix of all peoples; Black, White and Brown. The young and trendy to the sophisticated adult to the event active elderly. People and Community is what it was all about positively reinforced by the local businesses and community-engagement organizations. Unity was at the forefront under the banner of enjoying each others company under a late Summer Sunday Sun.

*Photography was implemented independent of any request or commercial association. Pike & Rose is a part of the LIAM IAN™ local residential community. No paid partnerships, sponsoring or commercial affiliations.

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LIAM IAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY @ HOME!

November 01, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

PROJECT & PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: PEOPLE AND IMAGES

What I do enjoy so much about being a creative is the authority and autonomy to be as authentic as one deems necessary. Thru the exploration and experience gained from delving deep, one truly can learn the most about themselves by pushing beyond the confines pressed and applied by others.

While the style of this photo shoot was truly to get to know others, the effort was also sot pick up the camera. The camera—that which almost everyone everywhere has access to nowadays—was a critical piece as not only the tool to capture artistry be used as the final piece to a larger perspective artistry.

In editing, the style and concept philosophy is to further adhere to the aesthetics of LIAM IAN as a brand and Liam Ian Black as an artist. Deep and interesting contrasts while centering on and off of the subject. Mixed the sepia tones and other deep hues, the effort is accomplish a magazine commercial look consistent with high fashion and style aesthetics. The effort is to have this project completed with edits and posted this coming 45th Week of 2025.

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TAKING A RISK ON ME...BUT THAT'S OKAY!

November 01, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

I am what I am and that’s complicated. Not more complicated than anyone else but then again perhaps.

—A Message from Liam Ian

It isn’t my goal to become a grand commercial corporate platform. No. It’s not my goal to hide behind lies or misperceptions. It’s not my goal to create a character of my “authenticity” but more my goal and intention to be as best as I can be to appreciate, encourage and inspire others. My goal is and has been to some degrees to have served the communities that have made my life so abundantly complicated while rich. Thru the traumas of abuse and dysfunction, deprivation and loss, depression and a lack of self-confidence, mistakes and muted successes, I’ve succeeded in achieving much more than what I would have ever guessed. It is today my task—as an Artist, Designer, Photographer, Father, Husband and “Black” Man—to serve as the representation of what an African American Man could be…beyond the confines of descriptions and identities that have become socially acceptable and commonplace.

I’m not here to submit. I’m here to create.

As I continuously point out—to a fault I might add—I am not a perfect person. I am not perfect but I am also unique and very different. I’m not more special than the next yet I am special nonetheless. I’ve survived much while never giving up on my goals nor the gifts for which I was blessed with early on. A man of the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s, I am complex full of good and bad stuff. I grew up in different hoods never really having one particular “home” except for those areas I would then come to represent. I’m DC. A DC native, I’m heavily artistically influenced by New York to Los Angeles to African European ideas and concepts. While I’m much more now a Jazz, R&B and Alternative music enthusiast, I embrace the fact that I used to submerge and saturate myself within Hip Hop, Rap and Go-Go. Smoking Black-N-Milds, drinking Old English 40’s and going to the club every weekend was my thing. My fellas were more my family than anyone or anything else while the pursuit of fine Black Women were always on the agenda. Sleeping on couches and even benches, I’ve grown. I’ve grown to sleep in peace within my own bed with someone who would not only be the mother of my child but my Ride or Die.

Within the “positives” of my life I’ve also had to deal with the negatives that helped paint if not just reveal those positives. I’ve grown…and yet…I’m still me. I’m still me and I’m proud of that. Not perfect. Still toxic. Still nasty. Still a lover of everything that was once the pinnacle and prime of Black and Brown African and Latino American Urban Culture, I am still me…but more.

Working With Me…

…will always be a risk. People should know that. I’m an Artist, Designer and Photographer willing to take on just about any project to push the boundaries of what is familiar and what I can do. Taking a risk on me may pay off or not. Taking a risk on me may pay off early or later. Taking a risk on me is a risk but I have yet Mohave let anyone down. Models paid. Contractors paid. Clients served. Collaborations achieved. I’ve had my ups and I’ve had my downs but after over 12 years of entrepreneurship with 4 years being LIAM IAN™, I’m proud to say I’m still here. I’m still here, this business is still here, the goals are still here…and still being pushed forward.

I’m no saint and I’m willing to admit and stand on that every single day…but that’s what makes me, my business and what we do authentic; I’m truly doing me and us and if you can’t see the artistry within that, then we just won’t be working together. It’s that simple.

I can be found in many places within social media as a man and a business. No matter the location I will however stand on also appreciating those that have given and supported me. My artistry is continuously fueled by Art, Design, Fashion, Style, Photography and other forms of media that helped convey the changing landscape of Black and Brown Native American, African American and Latino American identities and communities.

*Truly I never thought I would be at the place that I am but I feel fortunate. I feel fortunate to have it and because of it. I never considered myself to be much but I also knew that there was a lot inside me and I’m thankful. I am thankful. For whatever I gain—thru the failures as much as the successes, I’m thankful and grateful. As I am—we are—poised and positioned now more than ever to include and collaborate with others, we’re striving to making it happen. The transition is from Artist to Art Direction is proposed to be the goal of 2026. We’re planning now to gain a creative foothold on tomorrow.

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THE CIRCLE: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ART.

October 26, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

WE’RE HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION TO TALK ABOUT THE ART WORLD TODAY.

The goal is to be beyond what has become so much in abundance and commercial. The goal is to talk about things that go deeper than just the issues of the day. It’s an attempt to tap into subjects that society has been driven away from for convenience over community; an intimate understanding of individual human identity, reality and dynamic to build upon community.

In the context of what we do and who we are, conversations about the Black and Brown African American experience will always prominent to and for us. The fact that in America—the home of African Americans—oppression, repressions and suppression still do very much exist. While immigrant cultures come here even in the modern day in the pursuit and attempt of a building a better life for themselves, it has been my experience that African Americans—who hold the concepts, intentions and ideas of immigrates that came before—inherently have an authority of what it is to be creative…here…in America. Whether paint and portraiture, architecture and design, style and fashion, engineering and technologies, African Americans do not fall behind the standard…especially if not disproportionately affected by social standards and conditions.

As a matter of what is being done by the current administration where the apparent clocks are being turned back, we’re engaged seeking out others within the African American communities that do not fit the molds that commercial and corporate entities have deemed the societal definition and identity. In this case and manner, we’re seeking those artists and visionaries that go beyond the perspective of accepting what is today…in order to build a different and new concept for tomorrow.

The drive to take advantage of what racists and other who remain in denial about pertaining the significant place, position and identity of Black and Brown African Americans within American and the larger international community is to build upon the strong platforms that have been given to us. To resist the urge of conformity or even the ongoing acceptance of behaviors and actives that truly serve at our detriment rather than our collective empowerment. Our goal is to get beyond the comfort zone of what has become the Black and Brown identity today in getting to a more profound and innovative place for tomorrow.

*Being pitched as means of building greater community, the concept still applies to that of The NūHUMAN Project and Foundation. Our effort—my effort—is to further use the Arts as a profound means community building and conversation. As I know none of us are perfect, I stand squarely in that position confidence within imperfection. That confidence—that confidence thru experience and exploration resulting in self-defined excellence—is what I want to encourage to others. Especially to those communities that need it as a form of recovery, we want to further invite, embrace and encourage others. —Liam Ian

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FVK™

October 17, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

WHERE THE MODERN TAKE ON NATURE’S GREATEST ARTISTRY TAKES SHAPE. FVK!

With social media, we’ve customized our own blog / magazine platform to share and showcase what we love about modern Art and Culture.

Art, Design and Photography have served to create some of the most impactful form of communication, the magazine. Lifestyle, Culture and Community, magazines still exist today because the collection of the forms of creativity have gone the way of creating and engaging worlds that some would never have the opportunity to. Something like yet predating the internet, magazines are a staple of media and communication for all that is encouraging, informative and impactful…and so…we have FVK™.

CONNECT WITH US!

While sharing—for educational and informative purposes—media, content and images that we relate to, we’re working to develop our own. We’re striving to feature subjects and topics that truly go the way of appreciating the modern positive aspects of Black and Brown Culture while still encouraging and inspiring better ideas, concepts and standards that make them so much better…especially for the future world.

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THE POP-UP ART SHOW!

October 16, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

THE END OF YEAR IS FAST APPROACHING AND WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2025

We’re hosting an small impromptu Art Show to share and dialogue about the state of Art within our local area of North Bethesda and the larger surrounding communities.

Our goal is to see who’s out there and what’s out there local to entertain and support.

We want to show our support for local art seeing and hearing what other voices have to say in this modern day.

Location: The Grand of North Bethesda

Time: 5 - 7 pm.

*As creatives, it’s important to not only stay true to our individual to collective creative philosophies, perspectives and experiences but to also entertain the worlds around us to strengthen and expand the opportunities to implement more creative projects.

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REVISITING IDEAS: DXPESHYT!

October 16, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

THERE’S A LOT THAT HAS AND CONTINUES TO INFORM AND INSPIRE WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.

WHERE JUST BEING REAL.

As a business operation, we’re striving to streamline and adhere to the ethics and ideas of doing good business. As a business based within the arts, we want greater to adhere to the TRUTH of who we are. For the Black and Brown—African American and Latino Communities, we want to stay true and be our authentic selves because this is the communities we truly want to serve and represent.

As we propose, develop and explore ideas and concepts for Art, Design and Photography projects, this is what influences if not inspire those ideas.

LIAM IAN™ / LIAM IAN LLC™

*We do not own the above imagery. WE support and post them for educational purposed to inform. We are encouraged, informed and inspired by them for the communities and cultures we serve. Please contact us for Source and Ownership information and for removal requests where applicable.

**As an Artist and Creative born of this modern world, my vision, mission and intentions are continuously informed by those things that have made me. Let’s face it, not all of those things are necessarily for the kids. I grew up raw. I grew up disadvantaged. I grew up and out of the hood. A love for Jazz, Hip-Hop, Rap. A love for the functional dysfunctional. Black Women. Fast Cars. Nice Clothes. As I’ve always aspired to do and become better and better…I’ve never forgotten where I’m from. I’ve never forgotten who I am and what I’m all about. While I’ve grown to have become a person and version of me, I’m still me at the core. —Liam Ian

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SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY

October 15, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

WE’RE PITCHING A NEW SERVICE TO ASSIST OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES!

North Bethesda (Montgomery County), MD Communities.

LIAM IAN™ is a multidisciplinary Arts, Design and Photography operation now delving into what’s most impactful and impressive today; Social Media.

In a world defined by fleeting visuals, Liam Ian strives to craft imagery that stops the scroll and starts a dialogue. Blending fine art intuition with the strategy of design, his work seeks to redefine what social media photography can be: not just content or context, but culture. Liam Ian’s lens captures more than subjects—it interprets mood, tone, and essence. Each project unfolds like a visual poem, designed to resonate deeply while staying native to the digital rhythm of modern platforms.

His approach bridges art and relevance: every image is intentional, rooted in concept yet alive in the moment. From campaign visuals and brand storytelling to curated artistic content, Liam Ian’s photography transforms feeds into galleries and engagement into emotion.

Focus Areas:

Art-directed Social Media Photography
Conceptual and Lifestyle Campaigns
Visual Storytelling thru Design and Narrative
Cross-platform Creative Content (Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and beyond)
Collaborations with Artists, Brands, and Cultural Initiatives

As a Social Media Photographer, Liam Ian’s goal is to bring Intelligence, Ethnicity and Innovation to the forefront of this format of Art within this fast-moving world of online engagement.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PUBLISHED SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY AD AND PRICING GUIDE!

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LIAM IAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY @ HOME!

October 10, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

Putting together this event to set the stage for other things for 2026.

We’re making big efforts to make a statement within our local area of North Bethesda.

This event is primarily for residents of The Grand of North Bethesda but welcomes neighbors and community members from around the local neighborhood.

A managed event to network, socialize and capture others, the intention is to create an internal look-book of residents and community members by acting with unity and solidarity about the community.

PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE

Inspired by many other photographers, the general styles of the photography to be gained out of this event is (1) “Studio” session Portraits with varied poses and lighting variations and (2) “Outdoor” session Portraits with varied poses, placements and positions and (3) Candids from social activities. We want to build out our 2025 Portfolio by taking a look at those that are near and dear to us and our communities. Proposed editing is in Black and White Cantrast to Full Color Dynamic shots.

*For inclement weather or other matters of uncontrollable inconvenience the backup date for this event is Saturday, October 25, 2025.

If you are a interested or wish to participate, please our CONTACT form to book a time slot and we will certainly make it all happen.

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PROJECT UPDATE!

October 10, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

BLACK BRILLIANCE

FREQUENCIES OF THE FUTURE - A Photographic Series by Liam Ian Black

WE’RE UPDATING THE PARAMETERS OF THIS PHOTO SHOOT PROJECT AND WE STILL WANT YOU!

MODEL CALL

Black Brilliance is not a photo shoot. It’s a study of light—a reflection of the unseen energy that connects our intellect, spirit and survival.

Through portraiture, design and atmosphere, this series captures what it means to exist as brilliance itself in a world still learning how to see it.

“I’m not photographing beauty—I’m recording energy.” —Liam Ian Black

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We’re casting Black and Brown individuals of all ages, shades and identities—visionaries, artists, innovators, elders and thinkers. You don’t have to be a “model.” You just have to bring presence, truth and light.

ALL GENDERS, BODY TYPES and EXPRESSIONS WELCOME!

Experience not required—authenticity is.

THE SHOOT

Theme: Frequencies of the Future

Location: DC / Maryland / Virginia area

Date: Late Fall 2025 (tentative weekends)

Concepts: Portraits representing five frequencies of brilliance—Gold, Red, Blue, White, and Black Light—symbolizing intellect, legacy, technology, emotion, and the unseen.

Compensation: Paid (TFP available) + Portfolio Copies + Credited Publication in the upcoming exhibition and feature release.

Project Result: Private & Professional Portfolio Development, Look Book, Gallery Website, and custom IP.

TO SUBMIT

Send your submission to Liam-Ian@Liam-Ian.com

Subject line: BLACK BRILLIANCE Model Call — [your name]

Include:

Full Name
Age + City/State
2-3 Photos (headshot & full body; professional not required)
2-3 Sentence on what Black Brilliance means to you
Optional: Appropriate Social Media Account (for image reference)

Deadline: [insert date]

For more immediate responses, complete and submit our CONTACT form.

CREATIVE DIRECTION BY LIAM IAN

Produced by LIAM IAN™ / LIAM IAN LLC™

Website: www.liam-ian.com

Instagram: @Liam.Ian.LLC

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LIAM IAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY @ HOME!

October 04, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

PHOTOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

Dedicated Seasonal Photography @ Home (The Grand of North Bethesda)

Keeping active, this is a seasonal photography event held at the personal residence community of Liam Ian, The Grand of NOBE (North Bethesda).

Taking advantage of the natural landscape and general environment, this is an opportunity for community members to meet and greet and get to know one another will being captured for the season. This event is not only for Liam Ian as an artist and photographer but for others interested in photography and photography associated activities get active, create and socialize.

Food. Music. Drinks. This is a social activity for community members and others to enjoy. To be held primarily in The Grand Pub Room. Outdoor photography may be done within The Grand Patio, Garden, Grills and other associated areas.

*All photography implemented by Liam Ian Black may be used for skills training & enhancement, personal & professional portfolio development and other IP and associated business activities of LIAM IAN™. Resources may be provided on site to produce prints of photography however this is not promised aspect of the activity. A complete library of images can be provided by request at a later time.

CLICK HERE for more information!

CLICK HERE for more information about LIAM IAN™ PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES!

This photography activity serves to pilot an ongoing set of seasonal photography activities and events dedicated to the local NOBE community. Backup date is Saturday, October 25, 2025.

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PROTESTING IN MORE FORMS THAN ONE!

August 20, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

Since the beginning of this new US administration, we’ve seen more and more encroachment upon civil liberties and constitutional rights more so than ever before and THEY ARE INDEED an attack on Black and Brown People. Blatant racism, the dismantling of progress for Black and Brown People and Communities mixed with authoritarianism and fascist agendas to serve white nationalism. Control, access and more wealth for the 1 percent while seeing diminishment and destruction of others that are not within the category. Unfortunately there is no other perspective to see this from with all that stands before us. Led by criminals, liars, cheats and pedophiles, what it is to be Black and Brown is a cause for strategic hatred and oppression.

“P2025” - Digital rendition of Neo-expressionist and graffiti-influenced painting as inspired by Jean Michel Basquiat.

As an operation representing, owned and led by—and so there to serve—Black and Brown Individuals, Entities, Organizations, Cultures and Communities with a specific focus on African Americans and the African American Urban Communities, we see our responsibility to doing something. With our access to resources we’re striving and trying to hold ourselves accountable because inaction truly serves to enable their actions. To stay silent or inactive is to give and pave a way for those who to intend to harm us to do just that.

As a man, Liam Ian see’s no way to stay on the sidelines while being a Father and Head of Household. While these roles are of the most important of all, fear must not prevent him from doing nothing. As a business, LIAM IAN™ must act accordingly. Our Art, our Design work, our Photography must adhere to the mission of doing and being more for those like us needing representation, protection and empowerment.

As we prepare to do whatever it is that we’re going to do, Click here to see Our Tips on How To Stay Safe with Protesting in Public or Private.

CONNECTED: FROM BEGINNING TO END!

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ALL THAT IS AND ENCOMPASSES BLACK BRILLIANCE.

August 19, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

THESE ARE THE PUBLIC NAMES THAT HAVE MADE BLACK & BLACKNESS SO BRILLIANT, ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING OTHERS.

Maya Angelou - Ai Generation (Leonardo Ai)

This list was inspired by the Instagram account @AAResilience (Profiles of Resilience).

SHARON THOMPSON - DR. CARTER G. WOODSON - EARL G. GRAVES SR. - HENRY O. FLIPPER - BUFFALO SOLDIERS - CATHY WILLIAMS - OLAUDAH EQUIANO - PERCY JULLIAN - SERENA WILLIAMS - IBN BATTUTA - ROBERT SMALLS - JESSE OWENS - ZORA NEALE HURSTON - DORIE MILLER - MARY BOWSER - ANITA BAKER - TUSKEEGEE AIRMEN - LANGSTON HUGHES - YAA ASANTEWAA - DUKE ELLINGTON - MAE JEMISON - AVERY BROOKS - MANSA MUSA - NINA SIMONE - DOROTHY DANDRIDGE - JOE LOUIS - GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER - CINQUE - HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS - THURGOOD MARSHALL - JIMI HENDRIX - ERYKAH BADU - MAYA ANGELOU - BENJAMIN BANNEKER - WILLIAM JACKSON - JOHN LEWIS - FATS WALLER - CRISPUS ATTUCKS - CHUCK BERRY - PHILLIS WHEATLEY - CAB CALLOWAY - GABRIEL PROSSER - MILES DAVIS - HATTIE MCDANIEL - DESMOND TUTU - TAHARQA - ALEXANDRE DUMAS - BESSIE COLEMAN - VERNICE ARMOUR - AUGUSTA SAVAGE - BILLIE HOLIDAY - SIDNEY POITIER - COLIN POWELL - U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA - U.S. FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA - LENA HORNE - NELSON MANDELA - CHARLES ALSTON - PETER SALEM - QUEEN AMINATU - PRINCE - GEORGE FOREMAN - CORETTA SCOTT KING - MENELIK I - MARIAN ANDERSON - SAVION GLOVER - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - AMIRI BARAKA - ALVIN AILEY - JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT - COUNTEE CULLEN - HANNIBAL BARCA - QUINCY JONES - THELONIOUS MONK - ABU BAKR II - NAT TURNER - ELLA FITZGERALD - SNOOP DOGG - PAUL ROBESON - JOHN COLTRANE - AARON DOUGLAS - JULIAN BOND - PEARL BAILEY - MICHAEL JACKSON - PAPS SINGLETON - JOHN SINGLETON - TEWODROS II - ASA PHILIP RANDOLPH - SUNDIATA KEITA - W.E.B. DU BOIS - HARRIET JACOBS - DAVID WALKER - HENRY OSSAWA TANNER - EMMIT TILL - HIRAM RHODES REVELS - MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE - ALICE WALKER - LEO AFRICANUS - NEFERTITI - NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA ANN JAMES - NAT LOVE - MAULANA KARENGA - CORNEL WEST - ARTHUR ASHE - ZARA YAQOB - LOUIS ARMSTRONG - MOLEFI ASANTE - BUSTA RHYMES - ELIZABETH CATLETT - AUGUST WILSON - FRANCIS HARPER - IDA B. WELLS - WHITNEY YOUNG - MOS DEF - SHIRLEY CHISOLM - RALPH ELLISON - EDMONIA LEWIS - OBA EWUARE - JEAN BAPTISTE DU SABLE - TALIB KWELI - JACK JOHNSON - GREGORY HINES - HAILE SELASSIE - JAMES VAN DER ZEE - LIONEL HAMPTON - PRINCE HALL - ALTHEA GIBSON - HURBERT JULIAN - RUBY DEE - JAMES BROWN - BARBARA JORDAN - GWENDOLYN BROOKS - MUHAMMAD ALI - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - ASKIA MUHAMMAD - BILL PICKETT - CHADWICK BOSEMAN - ROMARE BEARDEN - SONEQUA MARTIN-GREEN - ARTURO SCHOMBURG - SPIKE LEE - MARVIN GAYE - PHARRELL WILLIAMS - MATTHEW HENSON - CARL LEWIS - CLEOPATRA VII - MARTIN DELANY - HENRY LOUIS GATES - CHARLES DREW - JEAN TOOMER - OSCAR MICHEAUX - MARTIN LAWRENCE - TONI MORRISON - LORRAINE HANSBERRY - COMMON - NIKKI GIOVANNI - KWAME NKRUMAH - HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET - JAMEL SHABAZZ - QUEEN NZINGA - KATHERINE JOHNSON - NEIL DEGRASS TYSON - LEVAR BURTON - BLACK PANTHERS - GRANVILLE T. WOODS - HALE WOODRUFF - ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. - WYNTON MARSALIS - BRADFORD MARSALIS - TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE - EDDIE MURPHY - HATSHEPSUT - KATHERINE DUNHAM - PAUL MOONEY - BENJAMIN E. MAYS - ROY WILKINS - MARY CHURCH TERRELL - JA RODGERS - SIMONE BILES - JAMES MCCUNE-SMITH - KWAME TURE - HENRY MCNEAL TURNER - DAVE CHAPPELLE - MIRIAM MAKEBA - OW GURLEY - SAMUEL L. JACKSON - MICHAEL JORDAN - SPENCER WILLIAMS - DOROTHY WEST - RICHARD WRIGHT - ANGELA BASSET - ERIKA ALEXANDER - OSEI TUTU - ANGELA DAVIS - JAMES WELDON JOHNSON - WILLIAM MONROE TROTTER - BLANCHE BRUCE - GUION BLUFORD - KENNETH CHENAULT - LEBRON JAMES - WALTER WHITE - SHAKA ZULU - KENDRICK LAMAR - PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR - HARRIET TUBMAN - RONALD MCNAIR - HERBIE HANCOCK - BAYARD RUSTIN - HUBERT HARRISON - CLAUDE MCKAY - RAY CHARLES - FANNIE LOU HAMER - U.S. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS - NELLA LARSEN - JAMES BALDWIN - AMENHOTEP III - CHINUA ACHEBE - JESSE JACKSON - SATCHEL PAIGE - CHARLES MINGUS - ANNA JULIA COOPER - MARCUS GARVEY - DENMARK VESEY - JACKIE ROBINSON - MIKE TYSON - DAVID FAGEN - CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON - RAMSES THE GREAT - P.B.S. PINCHBACK - GARRETT MORGAN - HANK AARON - BOOKER T. WASHINGTON - LENNY KRAVITZ - FREDERICK DOUGLASS - AHMAD BABA AL-TIMBUKT - U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MAXINE WATERS - RICHARD ALLEN - ASSATA SHAKUR - ARTHUR LEE - WILLIAM “BILL” HENRY COSBY JR. - BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN - MOS DEF - ANDREW YOUNG - SELMA BURKE

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - AKHENATEN - SOJOURNER TRUTH - ARCHIBALD MOTLEY - BENJAMIN O. DAVIS SR. - KEHINDE WILEY - CETSHWAYO KAMPANDE - AMINATTA FORNA - AUDRE LORDE - DEBBIE ALLEN - AMOS WILSON - ALMA THOMAS - BELL HOOKS - AVA DUVERNAY - BARABARA CHASE-RIBOUD - ARNA BONTEMPS - JIM BROWN - GORDON PARKS - PEARL BAILEY - KIAH DUGGINS - BEHANZIN HOSSU BOWELLE - MEDGER EVERS - MALCOM X - LEWIS LATIMER - NARMER MENES - ALICIA KEYS - IMHOTEP - ELLA BAKER - KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR - DOROTHY HEIGHT - RALPH BUNCHE - RICHARD PRYOR - THUTMOSE - FRANTZ FANNON - DIANA ROSS - NORMAN LEWIS - DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS - MARIAN ANDERSON - PHYLICIA RASHAAD - ALEXANDRE DUMAS - OUTKAST - GWENDOLYN BROOKS - AARON DOUGLAS - DENZEL WASHINGTON - HALLE BERRY - RUBY DEE - JAMES VAN DER ZEE - JEAN BAPTISTE DU SABLE - PAUL CUFFEE - OSSIE DAVIS - JAY-Z - MARY ELIZA MAHONEY - NICHELLE NICHOLS - WILLIAM STILL - DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - INDIA.ARIE SIMPSON - ABDOULAYE SADJI - ROBERT DUNCANSON - SUNNI ALI - ARCHIE SHEPP - ABSALOM JONES - IDA B. WELLS - BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS - JA RODGERS - VIRGIL ABLOH - ABU BAKR II - LOIS MAILOU JONES - AMIRI BARAKA - NAT LOVE - ADDISON SCURLOCK - KOBE BRYANT - JILL SCOTT - BILLIE HOLIDAY - ALICE WALKER - BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS - MARY CHURCH TERRELL - CHARLES WHITE - CHADWICK BOSEMAN - JUBILEE DAY - MUHAMMAD ALI - MATTHEW HENSON - CHESTER HIMJES - ALBERT AYLER - BETYE SAAR - DUTTY BOUKMAN - NAT TURNER - ALTHEA GIBSON - JAMES ARMISTEAD LAFAYETTE - PETER SALEM - SERENA WILLIAMS - TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE - BEN OKRI - CRISPUS ATTUCKS - STEVIE WONDER - COCO GAUFF - JEAN-JACQUES DESSALINES - BUCHI EMECHETA - JOHN FOX - FATS JENKINS - EULACE PEACOCK - SOL BUTLER - DEHART HUBBARD - HENRY O FLIPPER - SAM LANGFORD - MARSHALL “MAJOR” TAYLOR - JOHN SINGLETON - JACK JOHNSON - FRED V. CHERRY - DIANE LINDSAY - WILLIAM “BILLY” LEE - TUSKEGEE AIRMEN - WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL - OSCAR MICHAEUX - BENJAMIN O. DAVIS JR. - JOHN LAWSON - BILL GOINES - SAMORY TOURE - MENELIK II - BLACK PANTHERS - YOSEF BEN-JOCHANNAH - JAMES MONROE TROTTER - CHARLES REMOND DOUGLAS - DORIE MILLER - WILLIAM H. CARNEY - ZORA NEALE HURSTON - HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. - MARCIA ANDERSON - CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN - NEEDHAM ROBERTS - CLARENCE SASSER - LT. COLONEL CHARLES YOUNG - ABDELKA DER ELL DJEZAIRI - LESTER WALTON - SEPTIMA POINSETTE CLARK - T.G. STEWARD - MICHELE S. JONES - WILLIAM THOMPSON - FANNY JACKSON COPPIN - EMMETT J. SCOTT - VERNON BAKER - ELIZABETH EVELYN WRIGHT - MOLEFI KETE ASANTE - BENJAMIN E. MAYS - JAMES H. HARRIS - SAMUEL GRAVELY JR. - DENNIS BELL - WHITNEY HOUSTON - BERNIE MAC - MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER - QUEEN LATIFA - JOY ANGELA DEGRUY - CHANCELLOR WILLIAMS

As a part of our BLACK BRILLIANCE project, we’re striving to develop artworks, content and media to further showcase and celebrate those individuals that have helped to make African Americans, Africans, Hispanics, Black and Brown People and Communities of Color, Ethnicity and Culture powerful and significant. The above list will be used as our guide for what we plan to develop.

As contributing to our NūHUMAN PROJECT, we believe that the effort of Art to encourage and influence growth and innovation, we believe that a healthy review and reflection upon the past is important. As we compel each other to move towards newer forms of identity thru growth and innovation, they must come from while resonating within an appreciation and celebration of those who came before and paved a way.

CONNECTED: ALL THAT IS AND ENCOMPASSES BLACK BRILLIANCE.

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WORKING OUT A NEW SCHEDULE.

August 18, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

Despite it all—whatever is going on—my goal—OUR goal—is to continue on. We will continue on!

In recent weeks we’ve seen a constant sense of stagnation and a lack of planned progress and projects. For many reasons, we’ve had to pause on things to give attention to other matters but now we’re working out a new schedule to increase our activities. We want to better engage our communities given the current situations of things. What we understand is that the purpose of chaos is to bring about order and so—while we haven’t produced much lately for the lack of attention and applied energies—we’re developing a new schedule of activities to keep us focused. Discipline and order. That’s what we’re putting forward right now.

SUNDAY - WEEKLY PLANNING & ADMIN

Weekly Task and Time Planning and Management
Website Update & Content Development
Social Media Management

MONDAY - NEXT WEEK PREP & PRE-PLANNING & ADMIN

Next Week Task and Time Pre-planning and Mangaement
Continued Website Update & Content Development
Continued Social Media Management

TUESDAY - SERVICE FULFILLMENT

Service or Project Activity

WEDNESDAY - SERVICE FULFILLMENT

Service or Project Activity

THURSDAY - ART DEVELOPMENT

Service or Project Activity

FRIDAY - ART DEVELOPMENT

Service or Project Activity

SATURDAY - ART DEVELOPMENT

Special Projects Activities

Our revisions to scheduling and planning are rooted in our commitment to producing works. Whether sellable or not, our goal is to continue to contribute to our communities and the larger art worlds for People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture. Artworks will continue to be published and managed in accordance to this established schedule and organizational plan. Additionally, this schedule will supplement the Weekly and Quarterly Themes plans as well. This schedule is always eligible and susceptible to update and revision. This current structure does stand as current.

The mission isn’t to stay relevant. The mission is to continue to Live. Living is to Create!

What it means to create is to expand upon your presence, the presence of your soul, your existence, your presence, your journey, your story.

Play with Life because Life should have Meaning. Additing meaning, purpose and definition is to Grow!

THE FEED: COMMUNITY

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FROM BEGINNING TO END!

August 15, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

It’s all a process and some things just take time.

Often times there’s the inclusion of conversations within the planning and development processes of some projects and works while others are the sole domain of me, Liam Ian. The idea is to stay true to the identity of Liam Ian as much as possible keeping with a specific and targeted focus of creativity across the creative categories; Art, Design and Photography. Sometimes journal writing and a review of the current societal status and the associated situations down to very personal thoughts and ideas on what to communicate, there is thoughtfulness applied within the process that cannot be replaced.

As I’ve taken time to have written more and explore my creativity thru poetry, I’ve found a sense of self that I lost long ago. At time and place where I dreamt of all I would do because of all I would have. Young and passionate and in despair and need. Angry yet wanting to stay honest and true. Aspiring to become something beyond complicated and difficult but sophisticated and nuanced. I found myself looking back upon myself because I’ve had to reckon the newer ideas of my mortality and the possible returning limits on being not only “Black” but also Human.

The urgency I feel now is more about moving beyond the issues that have served to confine me and to reach my very personal ideas of my Higher Self—my Sovereign Self. As I’ve given attention to the maters of who I have been to become who I need to be, I’ve come to a place of greater understanding of what I believe my purpose is and what my existence is for; a journey of discovery. I am an aspect of the Living Universe looking back upon itself to learn itself even more. Creativity is the conduit for which I am to live.

CONNECTED: FROM BEGINNING TO END!

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tags / Personal, Personal Message, JusThoughts

THE CIRCLE

August 05, 2025 / William Burrell Philpot IV

THE CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP

While being an Artist and Entrepreneur I have—WE have—the responsibility to help and assist others to not only thrive but to also survive. As business (and capitalism) is the primary language and foundation of the modern world, it’s important that individuals—ALL individuals—are capable to take advantage of opportunities as well as create opportunities for others. In this time where inequality, fascism and racism are reaching newer kinds of levels clamoring to prevail within the world, as artists and entrepreneurs we believe in the capacity of all individuals to create better worlds.

JOIN US IN SHARING RESOURCES TO KEEP OTHERS CREATIVE AND EMPOWERED!

CONNECTED: THE CIRCLE

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