{"product_id":"adrienne-raquel-onyx","title":"Adrienne Raquel: ONYX","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eONYX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epays homage to the heyday of hip-hop music videos of the '90s and early 2000s, adopting their aesthetics and alluding to the seductive power of the video vixen.” –\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCNN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eONYX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, photographer Adrienne Raquel explores the intensity and escapism of the strip club experience, documenting performers at Houston’s famed Club Onyx. Raquel’s photography is usually editorial, with high-powered celebrities such as Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Nas X and Travis Scott as subjects. Now, for this project commissioned by Fotografiska New York, she turns her lens toward a community of underrepresented artists in her hometown. At Club Onyx, strippers display their bodies and seductiveness, but there’s a virtue to this particular space: “they don’t get naked” is a common description of the club’s ambiance. Performers there negotiate what “stripper” means to them on their own terms.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaquel captures these performers with her signature glossy style. From powerful images of the dancers mid-movement to detailed shots and intimate portraits, Raquel’s photographs place their beauty and energy on full display. She also takes viewers behind the scenes, giving us a window into the community the dancers have built in the privacy of the locker room. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eONYX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e displays the empowerment and inclusivity in strip clubs that society has tended to ignore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAdrienne Raquel\u003c\/span\u003e (born 1990) is a Texas-raised photographer and art director working between Houston, New York and Los Angeles. Featured in Aperture's \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Black Vanguard\u003c\/span\u003e, she received her first solo exhibition at Fotografiska New York in 2021. Clients include Apple, Savage x Fenty, Pat McGrath Labs, Dior, Bacardi, Rare Beauty, Bacardi, Nike and Beats By Dre, as well as covers for \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eV Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGQ\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eInterview\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artbook D.A.P.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46659359080728,"sku":"AB0004","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/8243\/5864\/files\/Untitled_26.png?v=1747319775","url":"https:\/\/gothamlifestyle.myshopify.com\/products\/adrienne-raquel-onyx","provider":"Gotham","version":"1.0","type":"link"}