Portfolio · 2026
Sasha
Escobar
Creative direction · Set design · Styling · Makeup
I’m drawn to the space between fantasy and reality.
These are five self-initiated shoots. For each one I developed the concept, chose or built the set, styled the look, did the makeup and stepped in front of the camera myself. Nyric Evans photographed and edited every frame.
Four were made at home with what I had on hand. One was improvised in public, at the grand opening of Meow Wolf in Grapevine, Texas.
In each chapter the moodboard stays beside the photos. Hover the markers to see where each idea came from, and keep scrolling to watch the moodboard follow along.Each chapter is a deck you can swipe sideways. The moodboard rides along at the bottom of the screen, with arrows if you’d rather tap.
Chapter 01
On the Fly
“I figured black would suit any scene.”
- Location
- Meow Wolf, Grapevine, Texas, during its grand opening
- Moodboard
- None. The look had to work in any room.
- Sasha Escobar
- Concept, styling, makeup, modeling
- Nyric Evans
- Photography and editing
No moodboard for this one. I figured black would suit any scene.
Chapter 02
Merely the Canvas
“The focus was the pigment; I was merely the canvas.”
- Location
- At home
- Light
- Colored lights, set to cycle while I posed
- Palette
- Danessa Myricks Beauty, Lightwork Vol. IV, Transcendence
- Sasha Escobar
- Concept, makeup, lighting, modeling
- Nyric Evans
- Photography and editing
The focus was the pigment; I was merely the canvas.
Chapter 03
Cross or Sword
“A cross or a sword, depending on which side you lean toward.”
- Location
- Apartment stairwell
- Details
- Sharp makeup, braids, long nails, hoops and a dagger-cross necklace
- Sasha Escobar
- Concept, styling, makeup, modeling
- Nyric Evans
- Photography and editing
A cross or a sword, depending on which side you lean toward.
Chapter 04
A Moment to Ourselves
“Dangerously young and in love.”
- Set
- My dining room, dressed with props I owned
- Props
- Candles, rose petals, wine and a prop revolver
- Cast
- Sasha Escobar, Nyric Evans
- Sasha Escobar
- Concept, set design, styling, makeup
- Nyric Evans
- Photography and editing
Dangerously young and in love.
Chapter 05
Muse and Siren
“The soft feminine, and the dark feminine.”
- Set
- Two background cloths, one white, one black
- Light
- Low pink with fog; deep red
- Sasha Escobar
- Concept, set design, styling, makeup, modeling
- Nyric Evans
- Photography and editing
The soft feminine, and the dark feminine.
About
Sasha Escobar
I’ve always worked out ideas visually: a feeling first, then a moodboard, then a room transformed to match it. Making these shoots taught me to direct an image from every side, from concept, set and wardrobe to makeup, light and pose, and to make something polished out of very little.
My goal is to become a creative director. I want to learn how a house like Dior turns an idea into a campaign, and to help carry that work from the first reference to the final frame.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- (469) 703-3878
- Based in
- Dallas, Texas · open to relocating to New York
- Photography
- Nyric Evans · @http.nadamas
