Shot on-location in the alleyways of the 11th arrondissement in Paris, Pump Fiction stages a confrontation between the grotesque and the performative, the masculine and the ornamental. Our subject, Paris-based creative director/visual artist Avleen Kaur, adorned in a hyper-exaggerated striped button-down and an architecture of metal hair clips, postures with brute-force elegance. Is this Girl Boss Feminism on steroids or masculinity in drag?
Creative Direction: Avleen Kaur, Cody Rooney
Photography & Editing: Cody Rooney
Cody Rooney is the Editor in Chief and senior contributor at liminul.
He is a PhD candidate, digital content specialist, writer, editor, multi-media artist, and photographer.