_____---_____ .. .. ----------------- Stories by,DeLa

............................... ........Oakland, CA........ .Artist . Designer . Stylist. .. Creative Director .. .......................... These featured photos are a series of collaborations between my Peers and I, essentially these are our stories

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Get comfortable, you’ll be in this body for awhile longer

II Rites of Passage II

Photographer: Sasha Kelley

Designer\\Stylist: Dani Vicc

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Rites of Passage II a photo series

Photographer: Sasha Kelley

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II Rites of Passage II

Photographer: Sasha Kelley

Designer\\Stylist: Dani Vicc

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II RItes of Passage II  

Photographer: Sasha Kelley

Designer\Stylist: Dani VIcc

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Rites of Passage II The Flavor of Green

Artist\Muse: Queens D. Light

Designer: Dani Vicc aka DeLa

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I am not what you see

Rites of Passage II The Flavor of Green

Artist\Muse: Queens D. Light

Designer: Dani Vicc

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House of Malico Production II The Flavor of Green II

Artist Muse: Queens D. Light

Designer and Stylist: DeLa

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House of Malico Production II The Flavor of Green II

Waiting...

Artist/Muse: Queens D. Light

Designer/Stylist: DeLa

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II Rites of Passage II   a photo series, a collaboration

Photographer and Creator: Sasha Kelley aka Sistah Thought

                                    …. meets….

            Designer and Stylist: Dani Vicc aka DeLa

Muse: Jetia Deity

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II Rites of Passage II a photo series, a collaboration

Beauty is just a word, a word that tells a whole story.

   Beauty tells a story,

               My Beauty is a Story, it is a Journey

 (maybe even a journey worth sharing)

Photographer and Creator: Sasha Kelley aka Sistah Thought

                                    .... meets....

            Designer and Stylist: Dani Vicc aka DeLa

Muse: Aambr aka 2am

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II Rites of Passage II a photo series, a collaboration

Hands up! can’t fight myself with my hands up, can’t fight the world with my hands up, can’t fight you with my hands up.

Photographer and Creator: Sasha Kelley aka Sistah Thought

                                    .... meets ....

                     Designer and Stylist: Dani Vicc aka DeLa

Muse: Aambr aka 2am

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II Rights of Passage II a photo series, a collaboration

Photographer and Creator Director: Sasha Kelley aka Sistah Thought

                                               ... meets ...

                   Designer and Stylist: Dani Vicc aka DeLa

Muse: Alfalfa Brown

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October 12, 2015: Jetia Deity   ll   Collaboration and Photo Series with Sistah Thought

Mother Earth knows my pain. I am not Alone

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Fabienne Giselle Delacroix

DeLa X Fabienne

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3.29.15

Fabienne Giselle Delacroix ll Cult of Gira

DeLa X Fabienne

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Series of photos and collaboration with the Photographer: Sasha Kelley

Sasha Kelley x Dani Vicc (Art by DeLa)

This conceptual piece has evolved into a timeless statement: Archetypes and beliefs, ideas, and images of God are needed for society, community and culture to survive and thrive. With this statement in mind, Sasha and I named this series, ‘The Rights of Passage.’ This is a collaboration; Sasha photographs and captures, and I, Danielle Keenan aka DeLa, design and style personalized adornments for each muse.

Our goal is to bare witness and capture a moment in history happening right now in America, in Oakland, CA, where black, brown and women of color are transforming into their own archetypes. Capturing this raw, bare, nude state became something sacred and precious.

Right now this series features woman and the diaspora. While capturing the beauty of the diaspora a lot of effort was made to ensure we were not appropriating any cultures whether the women strongly identified and knew their heritage or not.

We made sure to ask the women plenty of questions. Some women answered the questions with ease, while had to dig deep. Some woman identified and had knowledge, beliefs systems, and knew their history, their blood line, whereas others knew very little.

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