"For the past 12 months, photographer Myla Faith Thomas has been photographing burlesque performers globally in an effort to examine how the art form functions as a space for self-invention, resistance, and radical visibility. What began as a portrait study of the UK scene has expanded into a broader exploration of contemporary burlesque culture and an internal investigation of the body, confidence and sensuality."
"Working collaboratively with dancers, Myla creates stylised yet intimate portraits that blur fashion, documentary, and surrealism. The project centres those often pushed to the margins of mainstream aesthetics, queer, disabled, working-class, POC, and plus-sized performers, celebrating the ways they reclaim authorship over their bodies through costume, character, and performance. Shot in personal spaces, dressing rooms, and independent venues, the images reveal the emotional and physical labour that goes into transformation."
Photographer Myla Faith Thomas spent twelve months photographing burlesque performers globally to examine how the art form functions as a space for self-invention, resistance, and radical visibility. The work began as a portrait study of the UK scene and grew into a wider exploration of contemporary burlesque culture and an internal investigation of the body, confidence, and sensuality. Thomas works collaboratively with dancers to create stylised, intimate portraits that blur fashion, documentary, and surrealism. The project centers queer, disabled, working-class, POC, and plus-sized performers and highlights the emotional and physical labour of transformation. The series is evolving into a book, exhibition, and moving-image works.
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