Home jquaysonPosts

joel quayson 🌹🔪

@jquayson

✨ Winner of 2025 Dior Photography and Visual Arts for Young Talents Awards✨ @kabkphotography PORTFOLIO:
Followers
3,982
Following
7,513
Account Insight
Score
30.96%
Index
Health Rate
%
Users Ratio
1:1
Weeks posts
How Do You Feel?, 4.28 min. (2024) I often find myself struggling between two different sides of my personality. On one hand, there's the part of me that wants to be openly free and expressive. On the other hand, there's the side that feels the pressure to be a well-raised man in my family's eyes. The desire to merge these two parts of myself can feel risky, as it challenges the way I represent who I truly am. This internal conflict frequently prompts me to ask myself, "How do I feel?" Thereby, I created a 4-minute self-reflection video about being proud of who I am, yet I still feel stuck. This short film is made for me and for anyone else who feels the same way. I’m here. ✨ Song: Sega Bodega - Coma Salv By watching on your own time, the video is up in my bio 🌹
0 43
1 year ago
Hi everyone, A month ago, on April 5th, my very first solo exhibition, 'How Do You Feel?', including my recent work 'Dance Like No One Is Watching,' wrapped up its run at Mep, Paris… My first solo exhibition in Paris...(!!!) I’ll keep this short ('cause I tried my best). I still can't quite describe how I feel. I'm so thankful to everyone who was involved. First, I want to thank @vicaresheva , who was the curator of my exhibit and has helped me from the beginning, since we met online and later in person with lots of teamwork and trust that this happened. I really appreciate you being there for me. To the team and staff at @mep.paris , thank you all for making me feel welcomed and appreciated in your space. It was so lovely meeting both new and familiar faces again. To the teams of @diorbeauty , @margodababi , @mylene.lajoix , and @clt_chateau . Thank you again for sharing this journey with me and for everything since this all started. The most incredible part was that I did it alongside @danalixenberg , who also had her first exhibition in Paris. Sorry, but how would you explain that to someone having an exhibition next to a legend? And to all of you, my friends, teachers, and especially the visitors. Thank you for taking the time to share my work with you. Thank you all so much 🌹 First photo is taken by @dianesagnier 💕
0 107
11 days ago
What do you get when you have an incredibly talented award winning photographer working behind the scenes?? 🧐 A stunning photodump with breath taking portraits!!! We want to thank our photographer @jquayson for his ever captivating lense. I mean look at the material 🤭Working with Joel is always a delight and this time wasn’t any different 🫂🔥 He was able to capture most of the cuties that were working on set or at the party in these photos so beautifully. Hope you’ll enjoy as much as we do! See u soon xxx KLAUW💋
0 16
1 month ago
While I'm not at my best right now (I'm all good 💕), and I'm four days behind on closing that year…Who cares...? Looking back at 2025, it was definitely a rollercoaster ride. Lots of emotions, the cities I've fallen in love with. Met amazing new people I'd love to see again and the people I've known to cherish more. Won a contest that still surprises me, showing how grateful I should be and the opportunities that opened doors for me... Including my own exhibition at Le Mep in February (more info will come)!!! Overall, I'm still grateful for what happened in 2025 and can't wait to do this again in 2026, only with positive vibes, and less pressure. We'll see... ✨
0 15
4 months ago
0 43
7 months ago
It has been four weeks since I returned home from Arles, and what happened during those four days still surprises me. I wasn't sure if my work would be selected or if I would win the prize for the Dior Photography and Visual Awards. To be honest, it was a shock! Being there was an unexpected honor for what I have achieved. Presenting my video project alongside nine other incredibly talented photographers at the festival in Arles was truly amazing. I was overwhelmed by how deeply the audience connected with my project, which continues to resonate with me. Although I am very excited, but a bit anxious about the opportunities and challenges I will face. Overall, I want to express my gratitude to the people behind Dior Beauty @diorbeauty , my friends, and everyone who believed in me, even when I struggled with self-doubt at the beginning, and to those who guided me through the process of creating the short film. I can't wait for what’s next, especially with the upcoming year! 😉 Portrait by @pierre__mouton
0 179
9 months ago
@jquayson might be soft-spoken, but he’s the kind of friend who cheers loudest for others. Recently, he’s been finding a spotlight of his own. In only his second year of studying photography, Joel won the prestigious Dior Beauty Photography Award for How Do You Feel?, a vulnerable four-minute self-portrait that quietly split open the tender space between self-expression and cultural expectation. His work is both for him and for the people like him: those learning to live in the in-between. Read the full interview on Glamcult.com 🩷 Images by @jquayson Words by @pykel
534 44
9 months ago
Wow wow WOW Sexianas! 🥵 We needed a few days to recover and make doctor’s appointments for the👂🏽pain your screams gave us !!! 🔊🔊(Totally worth it.) We are beyond grateful for each and every one of your presences, for the way you danced together the entire night, hyped up our performers, gave so much love to our DJs and most importantly each other! We could not have imagined a better comeback, dare we say, it might’ve been one of the best ones because of YOU! 👀💃🏽 Thanks to our amazing photographer @jquayson we have these stunning pictures to forever remember this night by 📸 (Link in bio💋) Did you have your picture taken, but you don’t want these online? Send us a message and we’ll send you yours and take them out of the folder. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN WE LOVE U ENDLESSLY, SEE U SOON 💖💖💖xxxx
642 35
1 year ago
the sun is here 🥵 throwback from the summer '24 collection of @helloguave ☀️ Model: @ye.lapp ☀️ photo by me ✨
0 6
1 year ago
Late December 2024 Goin' 70s 🪩 Ezekiel 🌹 Styling by @sammyllou 💅🏿 Photo by me ✨
0 24
1 year ago
A self-portrait that captures my alter ego through dance. (recorded on film)
0 24
1 year ago
Just one more reminder. I am her, I’ve been her. And I will always be her. Also peep the socks :D
0 16
1 year ago