BLACK OUT

Photography: Björn Lux
Styling: Bisrat Negassi

Debra Shaw X NEGASSI

Debra's Dream is a collective of talent; An adventurous jazz funk singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization - call her a "spoken word artist truth-teller.".

Debra Shaw worked with some of the world’s top photographers including Annie Lebowitz, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Nick Knight, GianPaulo Barbieri, etc. In addition Debra has appeared in advertisement campaigns for Valentino, Versace, Campari, etc. and fashion spreads for Vogue Italia (Peter Lindberg), Vogue USA (Peter Lindbergh), Vogue USA (Annie Lebowitz), Essence magazine (Marc Baptiste) photographed her for its cover.

George Michael cast her in his “Fast Love” music video. She made her first big screen appearance in the film “Portrait Chinois” and later in Robert Altman's film, “Pret-a-Porter”. She also appears in the biography on the life of Yvès Saint Laurent.