Rahim Fortune

Rahim Fortune (born 1994) is an American fine-art / documentary photographer, living and working between Austin, Texas and Brooklyn, New York. He has made two books of work in the Southern United States: Oklahoma and I Can't Stand to See You Cry (2021).

Life and work Fortune was born in Austin, Texas and grew up in nearby Kyle, and in Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma. His mother is Chickasaw and his father is African American. Made in Texas and surrounding states, mostly in 2020,

Fortune has also photographed Black and Indigenous people living in waterfront communities in America; the Bronner Bros. Hair Show in Atlanta (a twice-yearly show where contestants demonstrate the styling of Black hair"); and has made street style portraits in New York City using an iPhone. He has undertaken commissions for The New York Times.

, he lived in Brooklyn, New York. I Can't Stand to See You Cry. London: Loose Joints, 2021. .

Group exhibitions From the Limitations of Now, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2021