Photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis is a winner. As her Instagram handle, @sheekswinsalways, attests, she sets out to do her best, always, whether she's capturing the likeness of one of her many illustrious subjects-Quinta Brunson, Gabrielle Union, and Simone Biles have all sat for her or settling into her first Los Angeles home.
When she and her partner Raj Debah, an artist, writer, and film director, started looking for a house in Los Angeles, their primary concern was vibes, good energy being, after all, the surefire sister to success. When Jarvis walked into her 1,800-square-foot, three-bedroom Mount Washington home for the first time, the vibes were almost uncanny. "The moment I stepped over the threshold I knew this was my house," Jarvis says. "When you're Black and buying a home, there are moments when you can tell that the owner isn't selling to anyone who is Black. But when we walked into this house, me, the former owner, and our agent, Kenya Reeves-Costa, all looked at each other like, wow. Not just because we were all Black women-but also because we were all Black women." Jarvis FaceTimed Debah and told him she thought the house was meant to be theirs.
Artist and photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis in the living room of the Los Angeles home she shares with artist and filmmaker Raj Debah, designed by Office of BC.
OPPOSITE: Gregory Rick's The Weeping Time hangs above a Tom Sachs chair in the hallway.
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