Category Is... African Kween Realness

Continuing with the inspiration from the series Pose, 

I wanted to do an African Queen inspired look. Perhaps a

bit basic but I'll take it as a learning curve for now. 

Pose

Had a busy few months starting a new job and trying to figure out

how to juggle every thing in between as well. But here it is. A new shoot! ;D

Initially this was titled 'Business As Usual' to celebrate my new job, but

I have been watching Pose and wanted to do more shoots incorporating

the themes of the fabulous series. 

 

We Can Do It (Pride)

A new shoot! I know right, I'm shocked myself, but

it was damn long over due, and it felt great to take photos

again!

With June being Pride month, I wanted this shoot to represent

my pride in not just my sexuality, but also personally. Taking 

direct inspiration from the 'Rosie the Riveter' poster, which was

initially created to boost worker morale in 1943, this iconic photo

went on to represent feminism in the 80's as well as other political

issues at the time.

For me, and I believe for many of my gay peers, this

represents so much of our culture as well, and although

this probably had nothing to do with gay rights, personally this

represents our continuous battle for acceptance, for equality. 

That we will always fight for what we believe in, for what

we are proud of. 

And so, this is my take on this iconic piece of history:

_Superpower

This shoot's mood was directly inspired by Beyonce's song of

the same name, hence the title of the song being the same. I was

tempted to a shoot inspired for her music video for almost a year

but I needed it to be exactly as I envisioned it, and that's why it only

happened now. 

Apart from the video, there are certain lyrics that also inspired the

shoot, like 

"...when my voice is screaming out to my own ears, that
feels different to when I hear yours"

&

"And I thought the world would revolved without us..."

 Something so personal and deep about the song

resonate within in me that I can't really put any words

to, so I figured it would be best to put it out in pictures...

Ponderings of A Gay-sha; Memoirs Of A Gay-sha Part III

My Chinese culture has been playing a huge part in my

studies as a fashion design student and so this shoot was

my visual manifestation of the impact. 

I give you Ponderings of A Gay-sha...

Memoirs Of A Gay-sha: Warrior

Been incredibly inspired by Asian fashion of a late, 

and decided to do a continuation of the first shoot, 

Memoirs Of A Gay-sha, and also apply all of the

make-up techniques I've learned a long the way.

I give you Memoirs Of A Gay-sha: Warrior