Self portrait with keyla

kkerelé
May 25, 2022
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Updated: Apr 4, 2025

Based in New York, Keyla is an all round creative who works mainly in film photography. They’re interested in capturing the essence of people, landscapes, objects, and events. We were drawn to their self portraiture with overarching themes of freedom, beauty and bravado. There was something incredibly warm, genuine and endearing about their work. We asked them for a series of self portraits in kkerelé.

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