Arabelle Raphael is an artist, porn producer and sex worker living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Born in Paris, France to Tunisian, French, Iranian and Jewish parents, Arabelle immigrated to the United States as child.
She is the writer, producer and cinematographer of "La Nuisance", an experimental art film which explores the expanse of queer femme relationships. Her work spans a multitude of mediums, including poetry, photography, personal essays, painting and diorama.
She is an accomplished actress, writer, and director, and does not hold back whether the work is pornographic, political, sensual or absurd she has a way of coaxing the vital message from the arcane recesses of each subject to present the art, unashamedly, for our consideration.
Her work as a director on All My Mother's Lovers garnered an AVN award in 2018. Her photography and films have been featured at festivals across the country such as: Failed Films, Stigma Unbound, and We're Still Working: The Art of Sex Work.
In 2018, she founded Bay Area Workers Support with Maxine Holloway. BAWS is a grass roots community organization that provides resources and relief grants to sex workers in need.