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Portraits of BlackLove,
LLC, is a fine art and graphics company based in Staten Island, New
York, that specializes in poetic art and social invitations. PBL was
established in 1995 by a group of creative, enterprising Black men who,
as they each in turn embarked upon the spiritual journey of marriage,
felt a void in the inspirational greetings cards available on the market. They
decided that, if they were going to find announcements and stationery
that truly paid homage to their ancestry while celebrating the triumphs
and struggles of modern life, they would have to do it themselves. The
result is a rich variety of art and stationery that makes a powerful
cultural statement. |
Bobby L. Moore Graphic Arts |
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| Bobby Moore is the visionary behind the unique innovative presentation of PBL. He studied Graphic Art and Architecture at Morris Brown College and Howard University. He works with a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics and watercolors. Bobby possesses an uncanny ability to create images that draw on cultural traditions, elevating the viewer to a higher understanding about the uniqueness and diversity of life. | ||||
| Allen Brown Managing Partner | ||||
| Allen Brown has spent the past 17 years as a systems engineer working and consulting for various prominent Wall Street financial services firms. While he is a trained and highly respected professional in the Information Technology arena, Allen has also managed and financed a number of successful entrepreneurial projects in the entertainment industry, ranging from artist management and development, event promotion and musical production, to his current involvement as a co-founder and artistic contributor for Portraits of Blacklove, LLC. Also a freelance writer, artist and avid art collector and connoisseur, Allen has written numerous poems, short stories and a feature-length screenplay. | ||||
| David Mc Goy Editorial Director | ||||
| David McGoy is a freelance writer, editor, entrepreneur and webmaster of the literary website nebpublishing.com. He has covered professional sports, politics, arts and entertainment for several community newspapers in New York City and has held editorships at two award winning publications in New York City, Gotham Gazette and Black Reign News. The author of six books of poetry, three syndicated columns and numerous short stories, David was a contributor to the critically acclaimed anthology “Proverbs for the People: Contemporary African American Fiction (Dafina Books, 2003)” and has written reviews and articles for several literary magazines. | ||||
| Daniel Marks Creative Writer | ||||
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Daniel Marks has been a professional system administrator at a prominent investment banking firm for over ten years, but at heart he considers himself a warrior poet. Having studied the martial arts since the age of 8. Daniel's creative approach involves drawing on cultural traditions and capturing the joy and pain of life in lyrical passages that touch the heart and soul, helping people find ways to love each other better. Considered the creative force behind Portraits of Blacklove, LLC, Daniel has been writing poetry for over 25 years and has authored hundreds of poems that make powerful statements about love, family and spirituality. | |
| Dave Hall Production Direction | ||||
| David Hall has spent 20 years working for the NYC Human Resources Administration print shop, focusing on traditional sheet-fed and web-fed presses. His duties include graphic and typographical layout and design for signage, posters and displays as well as post press production and finishing. After seeing the change in printing technology, he realized that digital printing would become a major contributor to the printing industry, so he established and became the manager of a 100% digital shop within HRA. David has a sound track record of large format digital printing and possesses the ability to successfully oversee a project from conception/design to final product | ||||
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