This guy is a pal of mine I met through Shakespeare in the park. Off the bat; I recognized the he was aware of his masculinity and confident in his interests. He also has strong roots in his Italian culture and ideals. He is a true mixture of how gender is represented and I love […]

This past Saturday I congregated with a bunch of the coolest queer people I know and headed down to sell prints from my project at this gigantic Hooligan Magazine celebration. Four years now, this magazine has been killing it. Hooligan was created by the amazing Morgan Martinez and Rivka Yeker year back. The local scene […]

This person is one of my dearest people.  There are hundreds of words to describe her, but I’ll stick with just a few. This is a friend of mine who put together the entire San Diego series. She used her resources for good and helped raise enough for me to fly out to her to […]

This beautiful person reminds me a lot of myself. Like many of those I photograph; she is strong yet beautifully vulnerable. She is a beautiful human. Her mind is determined and hardworking. She is a sharpened knife, and she moves beautifully in the light when you photograph her. Her intellect, her raw understanding of how […]

This womxn is one of the bravest people I know. She has endured so much hurt in her life, so much trauma. And not the type of trauma we talk about to one another everyday. I’m talking about things you only read about. Or hear about. Things in crime shows, things that make you and […]

Things have been hard.I won’t sugar coat the truth.   How does one describe the shattering of their identity? Of their soul? It has been one year since my last session was shared. One year of hibernation from everything and everyone. To preserve what small traces of my identity I had left in the wake of […]

How would you rate your self-esteem from 1-10?I don’t know. I think it’s pretty good. I would say 9, if you say 10 you’re just conceited. Do you have a healthy sexuality?Yeah. Do you have insecurities in bed?I don’t think so, no. Because I’m happy. Do you have any insecurities?I don’t know, my paycheck I […]

I’ve always felt pretty confident that I’d meet someone and at least live together if not get married. That I’d be meeting them for the first time right now at a friends party or online or somewhere, but I’m not. I’m sitting at home writing a blog about how having a chronic pain disorder can, […]

I’ve never photographed a nude man. I’ve never noticed how beautifully unique their bodies are. In fact, I’ve always been too concerned with how I typically look naked in front of a guy that I’ve never spent time just…looking at their body. Admiring it for all that it is and isn’t. I encourage women to […]

Why did you want to participate?That’s a hard question! I just wanted to tell my story. Not that it’s special, just add my input. Tell me about your self-esteem levels?Throughout my life it varied. I remember specifically when I was a little kid not having any issues but I had a lot of energy, what […]