A photographer who was widely praised for shutting down a bride who wanted a refund over her support of the Black Lives Matter movement has spoken out after the saga took an "absurd" twist.
Shakira Rochelle, from Ohio in the US, went viral after screenshots of her conversation with a furious bride were shared on Twitter.
The bride-to-be had booked Rochelle to snap her upcoming wedding but decided to pull out after realising she was a supporter of BLM, demanding her deposit back.
Rochelle responded to explain the deposit was non-refundable, wished the woman a "lifetime of growth," and then revealed it would be used as a donation to the movement.
However, things took a dramatic and unexpected turn when a "photoshopped screenshot" began circulating online that claimed she had deliberately shut the bride down as a "tactic to make a profit from the BLM movement".
