Ryo Kanezawa S/S19

Ryo Kanezawa S/S19 Campaign Emerging LA based designer Ryo Kanezawa invited me to photograph his latest collection and right away I began with a casting approach of “Chosen Family”, playing to the overarching theme of family in Kanezawa’s line while speaking to the importance of self-made familial structures, commonly found in lgbtqia+ spaces. Capturing the likes of touring performing artist Body Meat and model and actress of the trans-experience Ava Grey, along with fresh faces Mandella Rey and brothers Alex and Eric Lopez, our chosen family is realized. | prop stylist Natacha Melendez, Assisted by Khiari Bakar, Aly Emerson