Icons
By (Author) Monica Ahanonu
By (author) Micaela Heekin
Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books
25th February 2020
United States
General
Non Fiction
Anthologies: general
920.72
Hardback
112
Width 204mm, Height 216mm, Spine 19mm
600g
Icons features colourful, graphic, illustrated portraits by Monica Ahanonu of 50 of the most admired women in the fields of music, politics, human rights, film, and more accompanied by short biographies on each of them. With a bold colourful cover featuring beloved diva Diana Ross, Iconsis a diverse and inclusive collection of the worlds most inspiring women including the likes of Michelle Obama, Beyonc, ArethaFranklin, Dolly Parton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Yayoi Kusama and so many more. Ahanonus illustrated portraits are both easily recognisable and also an artistic take on each of the featured womens likenesses and identities. Additionally, each illustration features a written biography on each of them
Monica Ahanonu is a young and dynamic, Los Angelesbased, African American illustrator who has done work for the NY Times, Nylon magazine, InStyle, Tinder, Vice, Curbed LA, Dreamworks, and many more trend setting clients. Her following on Instagram is emerging with currently over 13k followers.