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.
