EBONI ADAMS IS A LOS ANGELES BASED DANCER, actress and producer, known for Gangster Squad (2013), Grace (2018) and Foreign Love (2018). sHE WAS A danceR in Celine Dion's show," A New Day..." in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace.

INSPIRED BY HER CARIBBEAN HERITAGE (SHARED WITH THE OWNER OF THESE EARRINGS), EBONI CHANNELED THE ENERGY OF THE MATRIARCH / SANTERA, DISPLAYING HER INCREDIBLE RANGE.

bACA BAYA IS A LOS ANGELES BASED VISUAL AND SONIC ARTIST CREATING FILMS AS A LEGACY AND AND DOCUMENTATION OF LIBERATION FROM OPPRESSION, AND MUSIC AS THE LIVING MANIFESTATION OF SUCH FREEDOM.

WE CHOSE TO PLAY WITH THE DECONSTRUCTION OF GENDER NORMS IN THESE IMAGES, TAKING CUES FROM MARIANNE bRESLAUER’S ICONIC TOMBOYS, AND FROM PHOTOS OF FRIEDA KAHLO AND KATHERINE HEPBURN IN DRAG.

CAT KING IS A NEW YORK BASED ARTIST, ACTRESS, SCREENWRITER, AND COUNTER-CULTURAL INSTIGATOR.

FOR THE SHOOT wE CHOSE TO REFERENCE HELMUT NEWTON’S, DOMINANT, EIGHTIES ERA FEMMES FATALES. CAT WAS A NATURAL.