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The Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying my piece "Bella (they/them)" for one more month. This is my second museum debut in the last year with my work that centers around trans lives. Below is the Artist Statement I submitted with my entry to their juried exhibition.

“At the time of writing this, there are over 600 active proposed anti-LGBTQ plus bills in the US state legislatures, with some sources reporting figures as high as over 850 total bills introduced throughout the year. The vast majority of these bills specifically target transgender individuals.

I am a non-binary photographer specializing in gender-affirming portraiture. Gender-affirming care is life-saving for members of the transgender and gender non-conforming community, whether that’s tangible (surgeries; hair care; aesthetics) or intangible (in this case, a feeling). Often, when people think of gender-affirming care, they think of surgeries or hormones, or some physical alteration to the body and its genetic makeup. However, I believe gender-affirming care is beyond that corporeal realm, and through photography, I seek to use his power for something far more than skin deep impacts.

With the world being what it is now, I believe archival imagery of once unapologetic trans self is the highest form of rebellion through radical self – love. We exist. We always have. We aren’t going anywhere. And we love ourselves.

By documenting the vast variety in trans/GNC faces and bodies and backgrounds, I seek to capture the voices of their heritage, history, journey, and life. I approach each person as an individual; photography is not a one-size-fits-all, medium, and neither are q***r lives, which are beautifully intricate and unprecedentedly powerful. “

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