This article originally appeared on VICE Brazil.Mackaylla, a drag queen, and Larissa Zaidan, our photographer, met randomly at a bar one night. As the cliché goes: it was love at first sight. Mackaylla’s hair was a mess, and she looked wonderful. Zaidan has been photographing her for two years now, capturing the innermost workings of the character created by Vinicius Santana, who keeps an arsenal of wigs, makeup, shoes, and custom-made clothing pieces at his home in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Zaidan was tasked with a noble mission: spending 12 hours with her muse before, during, and after the city’s LGBTQ Pride parade, held on Sunday, June 3. The beauty of their relationship is evident in Zaidan’s photographs and her brief descriptions of every moment.
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