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A girl stands in a magical fairytale garden filled with pastel flowers. She is wearing a large and frilly, pink and white dress with over 300+ hand embroideries. The girl's dress is very "mother goose" inspired. She is holding a white fabric swan purse. The garden is filled with a variety of colorful and eccentric flowers. The top of the photo has an illustration of cherubs, flowers, geese, ribbon. It is very rococo inspired illustration. The image has a pastel pink aesthetic to it.

Featured in Harper's Bazaar Vietnam, "Denim Tea Party" is a highly stylized interpretation of the perfect vacation, through the experimental conversation with a multidisciplinary designer. Eleazar wears a red, vintage, beaded dress with a patchwork denim vest on top, tied with a red belt around the waste. The model has large curly brown hair and is wearing a patchwork denim hat. photographed on 120mm film, the photo is very warm. The model is leaning against a low stone wall, very fancy looking. there is a wooden awning behind the model and a forest in the back left of the image.
Photographer: Daniel Roa @danielroaart
Denim Designer: Jiwon Ra @jiwonchristinera @otherpeopleschildren
Stylist: Alyssa Davis @__alyssa_davis__
Model: Eleazar @iameleazar

Model wears a couture Wiederhoeft garment backstage during new york fashion week. The model's dress is a bold and sparkly red with 3 sections of large fabric roses in the top, middle, and bottom. The model is standing in a corner drenched in sunlight with playful shadows going across. @elenaazzaro backstage in @wiederhoeft_ SS24 🌹
Photo: @danielroaart

Shea Couleé is an American drag queen, musician, actor, podcaster, and winner of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 5. Shea is wearing Joshuan Aponte Designs in a large red, heart shaped dress made up of tulle. Shea was photographed with high flash at Warsaw projects for the Love Ball in NYC.

Pakistani Dj, Activist, and model, Armana Khan celebrates her transgender identity in a luscious garden in Fire Island Pines, NY. Armana is wearing a vintage Cinderella style dress and is standing on a little wooden bridge crossing a pond in a luscious fairytale garden. photographed on 120mm film.

A captivating portrait of Lewis Freese, wearing a stunning wedding dress, standing gracefully in front of a blooming cherry blossom tree. Photographed by Daniel Roa on 120mm film, the image exudes a timeless elegance with soft pastel tones and a delicate interplay of natural light. The combination of the vintage film medium and the serene backdrop highlights the beauty of self-expression and individuality. Photographed in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Drag Queen Vidana lays in a pool of large plastic sprinkles in a visually stunning 120mm film photograph. She has large blonde hair and is laying delicately in the sprinkles as if relaxing. She is wearing a pink bodysuit with a white sash. She has pink eyeshadow, large eyelashes and gorgeous overall makeup.photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film in the sprinkle pool at the museum of ice cream in Soho, NY.

Model, designer, and LINES New York cofounder Jiwon Ra models a gorgeous designer pink beaded dress against large marble columns at the New York Public Library. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

Featured in Vogue Italia's Best of PhotoVogue, Amerys is a photograph from a series titled qlamping queens, a pun on the idea of being camp, while camping and being a glamorous drag queen. Photographed on 120mm film on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. SCAD

Rosepany campaign. Princess corset modeled by Haianny photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

Elise Swopes is photographed in a vintage setting on kodak portra 400 film. She is leaning on a table, one foot standing tall and the other on the table as if she is about to crawl on the table. Elise wears an orange, white, purple, red striped dress and chunky white platform heels. She looks as if she is in the 1970's. The room is made up of wooden paneling and the table is also made of wood. There is a unicorn painting on the wall. Elise Swopes is a Chicago-born digital artist and photographer known for her surreal cityscapes and creative storytelling, blending vibrant imagery with thoughtful narratives. A pioneer in mobile art, she has collaborated with global brands like Adobe, Nike, and Apple, showcasing her unique vision and artistic innovation.

Pakistani Dj, Activist, and model, Armana Khan celebrates her transgender identity in a luscious garden in Fire Island Pines, NY. Armana is nude with an orange cultural piece of fabric draped over herself and the luscious garden. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

Tahir in Savannah, Georgia part of a series celebrating queerness and the fluidity of gender and the obsoleteness of gendering clothing. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

Model Sierra Lang photographed in front of Grace Church in New York City on 120mm kodak porter 400 film.

Kush wearing a pastel pink church hat with pink feathers, pink bow, and bedazzled gems. Indian boy wears a pink feathery hat. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

Smit tied up in a pastel 1950's americana home. Part of Rene Briand's "Be Who You Are, Drink How You Want" Campaign. Smit is a queer brown person in a stereotypically white masculine setting. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

savannah, Georgia. An Asian model stands in front of a wooden shack that says feed and seed. Next to the girl is the back of a truck carrying lumber. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film.

Geoff Rosenberg stands proud to be queer. Geoff wears a Mary Poppins inspired outfit he handmade. Geoff stands in a window surrounded by luxurious and detailed curtains. The room is drenched in light. photographed on 120mm kodak portra 400 film at Disney.

© 2026 by Daniel Roa
New York, NY.

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