Adrienne Raquel is a Texas raised image-maker and art director working between Houston, New York & Los Angeles. Inspired by femininity, soulfulness, and color, Adrienne's work is rooted in nostalgia and fantasy while remaining fresh and contemporary. Exhibitions include Mickalene Thomas' Better Nights at Miami's Bass Museum and Aperture's New Black Vanguard. Adrienne's first solo exhibition, Onyx, was on view at Fotografiska New York in 2021. Photographed over the course of 2020, ONYX highlights the artistic balance of exotic dancing, athleticism, and sisterhood at one of Houston, Texas's most famous clubs. Clients include Apple, Savage x Fenty, Pat McGrath Labs, YSL Beaute, Dior, Bacardi, Rare Beauty, Bacardi, Amazon, Nike, Beats By Dre as well as covers of Vanity Fair, V Magazine, GQ, Numero Berlin & Interview Magazine.
"Each picture is intimate, depicted as if they are meant for private viewing. There's rarely an addition of outside light to make it more staged than it already is; we're seeing exactly what we're meant to. This is Raquel's brilliance behind the camera shown in full effect.--Max Wiener ""Musée"" Far removed from the glossy studio work Raquel usually creates, shooting in the club forced her from her comfort zone, making images that exude the neon-lit intensity, dynamism and escapism of the club experience.--Bruno Bayley ""VICE"""