DenovaJOY at Pangea’s Shooters Lounge
By Aisle3Films
On this episode of #MusesAndMusic by aisle3films we have the bold and beautiful #earthSista DenovaJOY (known here and on IG as @heyyy_bighead_) is our #muse as we caught up with her at our Shooters Lounge where we all come together to drink, smoke and collab on creating captures of #afrosensuality
…positive vibes every time we meet as always encouraging #selflove and #selfexpression thru our visuals and we definitely showed that thru this event… Aisle3 Films goes behind the scenes with us and you can check out their video feature on our Shooters Lounge excursions by clicking here. Be on the lookout for more events from them as well as if you interested just go to our Meetup page where we’ve begun to share all events Afrosensual. More details and links coming on that soon.
Denova is going through a transformation from Chaos to JOY. Photographer Costello Knight was inspired to capture this BOLD and BARE direction. She is now to be known as DenovaJOY and see her latest feature in the Garden just click here.
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