After 13 years in the making, award-winning documentary photographer Ken West and his Atlanta-based studio are releasing his latest project, a book of photographs entitled The Beauty of Everyday Thangs, a first of its kind photo collection inspired by the art of mindfulness as a testament to black humanity. And while the majority of the images are of folk in the midst of what West terms "revolutionary normalcy", the book also features candid moments with cultural icons like legendary lyricists and activists Clifford "T.I." Harris, stic of dead prez, British actor and musician Tricky, groundbreaking filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, and others. The images within its nearly 250 pages have been captured throughout the cities of Havana, New York, Atlanta, and Detroit using West's collection of film cameras.