high camp editorial collaborations with the New Orleans queer-owned floral company
musician Sabine McCalla models with a dramatic Grace Jones roar for this Vegas backstage fantasy. originally inspired by Annie Lennox + Sophie Muller’s Diva.
concept, set, lighting, and photo by a.r. havel make-up, hair, styling, and direction by Koko Barrios lighting assist by Phoebe Vlassis custom wire costume by Pasha Jovanovic floral design + arrangement by Denise of Pistil & Stamen
special thanks to Kat Sotelo, Carl Mack, Eva Foldy and Alex Moreno
Koko Barrios poses in a set inspired by a photograph by Cristina Garcia Rodero, reimagined as a fictional magazine cover.
concept, set, lighting, and photo by a.r. havel make-up, hair, styling by Koko Barrios lighting assist by Pasha Jovanovic floral design + arrangement by Megan of Pistil & Stamen
special thanks to Kat Sotelo, Alex Hennen Payne and Alex Moreno
Gabriel Burgos poses in a light-box inspired by Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors album cover
concept, set, lighting, and photo by a.r. havel make-up, hair, styling by Koko Barrios lighting assist by Pasha Jovanovic floral design + arrangement by Megan of Pistil & Stamen
special thanks to Kat Sotelo, Alex Hennen Payne and Alex Moreno
Finocchia Floreale / Floral Faggot with Logan Totty with stems from Pistil & Stamen’s garden. styling by model. painted backdrop, lighting, and photo by a.r. havel.