Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 453 January 15, 2020

it's not. And we loved the wig Codie Leone
did, and the corset Tobel Carter at Pat
Fields made for you. And Michael Gwaltney
turned the face.
DD: Yes! No sad clowns!
JS: LOL. It was a hard shoot. I took weeks
of arranging and finding the right butterfly,
and many hours to get the set built and
look done.
DD: And all that wind from the fans and
the bubbles… it was crazy, but I knew you
were getting the shots.
JS: We ALWAYS get the shots!
DD: So the show opens January 31 and
runs through February 2. Thank you for
asking me to be the main hostess at the
opening!
JS: Exactly. Your music does the same
thing... So, Dina, what made you decide to
shoot with me?
DD: You had already shot [adult actress]
Allanah Starr and many others, and you
were doing editorial quality for the girls,
without the lasciviousness of other photographers.
JS: I created a studio that is art-based.
Sure, we did sexy photos, but glamour
was more of the focus.
DD: I loved our cocoon/butterfly concept
with the bubble wrap that we did for the
cover of my EP, “Bubble Wrap”—which is
currently available on iTunes. You always
have a vision, and I trust you.
JS: I loved what they selected for the
cover. Everyone thinks it’s Photoshop, but
JS: I’m excited you’re doing it. It will be my
work mixed with music, and some of the
girls will be there from the Barbie Dream
House I created last year. They’re always
a kiki.
DD: So besides me, who else is featured
in the show?
JS: Allanah Starr, of course, and Laverne
Cox. I was the first photographer to shoot
her professionally. Dominique Jackson
from “Pose.” And some international personalities
like Farrah Mills from the U.K.
and Marie D'estrées from Paris. Yasmine
Lee, the actress from “The Hangover,” and
Amanda Lepore.
DD: It sounds amazing! You created a lot
of firsts with the girls, and this is your first
show and the first all-trans exhibition in
NYC. And I think we’re done… Oh, wait!
There will be booze there, right?
JS: Yes, girl, AFTER your hostess duties
are completed!
DD: Deal! Thank you, James.
JS: Thank you. Love you!
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