Nydia Blas

Nydia Blas (an haife ta a shekarar 1981) ƴar daukar hoto ce 'yar Amurka daga jihar New York, wadda ayyukanta suka gano asalin ƙananan mata da 'yan mata Baƙar fata. Damuwar da take da ita game da rashin mata Baƙar fata da aka wakilta a fannin zane-zane ya sa ta mayar da hankali kawai kan yin hotunan mata masu launin fata. A halin yanzu ita ce mataimakiyar farfesa a Kwalejin Spelman da ke Atlanta, Georgia, inda take koyar da daukar hoto a sashen fasaha da al'adun gani.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Nydia Blas a watan Oktoban 1981,  kuma ta girma a Ithaca, New York . Blas ta sami digirinta na farko daga Kwalejin Ithaca  a fannin sinima da daukar hoto tare da ƙaramar yarinya a fannin nazarin Afirka a ƙasashen waje .  Ta sami digirinta na biyu a fannin zane-zane daga Jami'ar Syracuse .  

## Daukar hoto
Blas ta fara ɗaukar hotuna tun tana ƙarama. Da farko, tana sha'awar ɗaukar hoto a matsayin wani tsari, musamman ƙoƙarin da ta yi har sai an cimma abin da ake so. Daga nan sai ta fara sha'awar ɗaukar hoto a matsayin hanyar da za ta rinjayi ra'ayin jama'a, tana mai ambaton amfani da hotuna da ƙungiyar hana ɗaukar hoto ta yi don juya jama'a daga ɗaukar hoto. 

Nydia ta binciki jima'i, kusanci, da kuma abubuwan da ta fuskanta a rayuwa a matsayinta na yarinya, babba, da uwa ta hanyar daukar hoto, zane-zane, fim, da littattafai. Ta yi amfani da fasaharta don gina wani sarari na zahiri da na misali wanda aka tsara ta hanyar idon Bakar mace, tana yin labarai game da yanayi, ma'ana, da tasiri.  Hotunan Blas sun binciki asalin Bakar fata, musamman matasa mata da 'yan mata Bakar fata. Blas ta bayyana cewa ta samo wahayi ne daga ra'ayin Audre Lorde na "sha'awar batsa", wanda ya hada da ba kawai jima'i ba har ma da kusanci tsakanin 'yan uwa da abokai. Ɗaya daga cikin jerin hotunanta mai suna *The Girls Who Spun Gold* .  Sunan jerin hotunan ya fito ne daga wani littafi na Virginia Hamilton *mai suna The Girl Who Spun Gold*, wanda fassarar Bakar fata ce ta tatsuniyar gargajiya " Rumpelstiltskin ".  Priscilla Frank na *HuffPost* ta kira jerin "bikin 'yan mata a duk rashin hankalinsu, laushinsu da ƙarfinsu". 

Yawancin hotunan Blas mata ne baƙaƙe. A cikin wata hira da aka yi da ita a shekarar 2016, Blas ta lura da rashin mata baƙaƙen da aka wakilta a fannin zane-zane, tana mai cewa "Shi ya sa na zaɓi yin hotunan mata masu launin fata kawai a yanzu."  Blas ta yi imanin cewa aikinta yana ƙalubalantar ra'ayin cewa mata baƙaƙe a matsayin " masu yawan jima'i ", tana mai cewa an ƙirƙiri ra'ayin "don ƙarfafa tsoffin ra'ayoyi da aka ƙirƙira don ba da hujjar cin zarafi da cin zarafin mata baƙaƙe a lokacin bauta".  Mutanen da aka ɗauka hotunanta suna bayyana jima'i bisa ga ka'idojinsu, suna dawo da "asalinsu da jikinsu". 

An nuna ayyukan Blas a The Wing da ke birnin New York da Washington, DC; an kuma haɗa ayyukanta a cikin wani baje kolin mai suna *Vigilance, Struggle, Pride: Through Her Eyes* wanda ya yi tafiya ta Turai.  A shekarar 2016, Blas ta kasance mai zane-zanen gani a Cibiyar Daukar Hoto da ke Woodstock .  A shekarar 2018, an nuna jerin hotunanta na *Whatever You Like* a Garey Gallery.  Haka kuma a shekarar 2018, tana ɗaya daga cikin mutane uku da suka sami tallafin Light Work . 

An haɗa wasu daga cikin hotunanta a cikin littafin *Mfon: Mata Masu Daukar Hoto na Ƙasashen Afirka*, "wani littafi da ke nuna ayyukan mata sama da 100 masu ɗaukar hoto 'yan Afirka daga ko'ina cikin duniya".  Ɗaya daga cikin marubutan littafin, Adama Delphine Fawundu, ta ambaci aikin Blas a matsayin "abin birgewa", tana cewa: 

## Mai shirya al'umma
A watan Janairun 2017, an nada Blas a matsayin mukaddashin darektan zartarwa na Cibiyar Al'umma ta Southside.    Tana ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin Cibiyar guda biyu, ɗayan kuma ita ce Nia Nunn. Blas da Nunn sun ƙirƙiri wani kamfen na wayar da kan jama'a wanda suka sanya wa suna "Masu Ilimin Baƙar fata na 'Yan Mata", wanda suka yi niyya ga ƙananan mata Baƙar fata a Ithaca, New York. Yaƙin neman zaɓen ya ƙarfafa waɗannan matan su bayyana kansu ta hanyar adabi da fasaha don yaƙi da wariyar launin fata da nuna wariyar jinsi. Sun sami tallafin dala 270,000 na Amurka a shekarar 2016 don ci gaba da ƙoƙarinsu na mai da hankali kan asalin al'adun Baƙar fata. 

A lokacin da take aiki a Cibiyar Al'umma ta Southside, Blas ta kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙarfafa 'Yan Mata. Blas ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga 'yan matan da ke cikin ƙungiyar, tana ƙarfafa su su adana littattafan tarihi, tana koya musu game da girman kai, da kuma shirya tarurruka ga sauran matasa a cikin al'ummar Baƙar fata. Daga baya membobin Ƙungiyar Ƙarfafa 'Yan Mata sun zama jigon shirinta na hotunan *<nowiki/>'Yan Matan da Suka Yi Watsi da Zinare* .  Ta hanyar hotunan 'yan matan, Blas tana fatan cewa mutanenta za su iya dawo da asalinsu da jikinsu,  tana cewa: "Ina so mutanen da nake wa aiki su dawo da su, su bincika, kuma su kare jikinsu da jima'i, da kuma bayyana sihirin da ke faruwa tsakanin mata da kansu. Ina so wannan aikin ya bayyana cewa mata baƙi da launin ruwan kasa suna da haƙƙin jin daɗi da kuma 'yancin yin mafarki." 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Blas ta haifi ɗanta na fari lokacin tana da shekara 18.   , tana da 'ya'ya biyu. (Naseem), (Rosario).  Ta bayyana cewa gogewarta a matsayin uwa "tana gudana cikin dukkan aikina". 

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