Sanctuary
(2023-ongoing)Sanctuary is a series of intimate portraits of queer, trans, and non-binary individuals photographed in their living spaces. Rooted in trust and conversation, each image is shaped through collaboration, allowing sitters to present themselves with agency and intention. The surrounding interiors, filled with personal objects, textures, and traces of daily life, become integral to the image, holding layers of identity, memory, and survival.
While each photograph centers on a single individual, together they form a collective portrait of chosen family, revealing how queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people are bound by shared experiences of perseverance, care, and kinship. By inviting the viewer into these private spaces, Sanctuary offers a counter-narrative to the mainstream stigmatization of queer and trans lives, one grounded in autonomy, intimacy, and the sustaining power of community.
Yves and Banjo, 2024Arewà Basit, 2025Chase and Raven, 2025Zach, 2025Jason, 2025West and Grimm, 2024Neptunite, 2024Jeremy, 2024Darian Darling, 2024Alana Jessica, 2025Keith, 2024Alexey, 2024Paris L’Hommie, 2024José, 2025Leonardo, 2025Glow Job and Fridley, 2025Qween Jean, 2023Pamela, 2023Jade, 2025Jermaine, 2024