Velocity Chyalld © Leland Bobbé

This is my recent portrait of Velocity Chyaldd; performance artist/extreme burlesque performer/producer and front woman for for the band Vulgaras. One of the most intense looking people I’ve ever met, I wanted to capture that within a tight frame. It’s lit with one small chimera and soft grid to keep the light off of the background allowing the white background to go grey. I previously shot Velocity for my Neo-Burlesque series and it is one of the portraits selected by the Museum of Sex to be included in my upcoming exhibition there opening end of March.