Introduced to the NYC art scene through her father, who was friends with Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bobb-Willis uses bright hues in the same way that a painter would, building blocks of colour through choice of location or styling. Consequently, her work is a kaleidoscopic, smile-inducing celebration with happiness vibrating out of it through its saturated palette and entanglement of bodies. “Romeo Bearden and Jacob Lawrence use colour in the same way. That’s just how I would paint if I was a painter,” she muses.

With clients now including The New York Times, L’Uomo Vogue, Apple and Foam, she’s spending a lot of time in Los Angeles but for this story with Nataal, Thom Browne and FARFETCH, she headed to the east coast to embrace Brooklyn’s skateboarding community with model Symone Lu and her skater friends. “I knew Symone already because we had shot together in May for my show at the International Center of Photography, so having her and her friends meant we were already comfortable with each other. There was a really chill, fun and lighthearted kind of energy and it was cool to hang out with them and see them do all the tricks.”

As for what it says about the city itself, this young talent is proud to show NYC back on top. “The shoot really encapsulates what I love about New York - good parks, good people and community,'' she says. “I think photography brings people together. Through the pandemic, a lot of people have been feeling really lost and I have as well, so this shoot is a homecoming for me. It’s been good to be back in a place where I feel most like myself. Each and every time that I shoot or create something, it helps me to feel better, feel the most, feel beautiful and feel good.”