Artist Statement

Body positivity has been the central concern of my practice for many years. Having lived most of my life in a body that culture repeatedly told me was wrong, photography became a way to reconsider how bodies are seen, valued, and represented. I photograph people with a wide range of body types, both inside and outside of mainstream beauty standards, with the goal of showing that beauty exists far beyond the limits we are taught to accept.

After completing my series Our New Body (2018–2020), I shifted toward a more direct and simplified approach. Rather than constructing composite bodies, I began focusing on representation itself, paired with specific photographic processes. Using projected imagery, ultraviolet cameras, tricolor light, mirrors, long exposures, and other experimental tools, I allow technique to shape how the body appears. These processes reveal textures, distortions, and multiplicities that are usually invisible, encouraging viewers to look more closely and reconsider their assumptions.

Across all of this work, my aim is not to idealize the body but to normalize it. By presenting bodies as complex, varied, and worthy of attention, I hope to reduce shame and invite a more generous way of seeing—one that allows people to recognize beauty in themselves and in others.

The image above is one of my first attempts to address my body in a photograph. It was taken around 2007.