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, 2024Colin, 2025Arewà Basit, 2025Jason, 2025JAYKAYPRIME!, 2025Alana Jessica, 2025West and Grimm, 2024Neptunite, 2024Zach, 2025Alexey, 2024Jeremy, 2024Pamela, 2023