Boi is a term/slang used within LGBTQI communities to refer to a person's sexual or gender identities. It is used by masculine women, butch women, femme women, etc. Bois come in all shapes, sizes and identities.

Summer, 2019

Summer, 2019

Summer, 2019

Tintypes investigating the way my body can take up space in environments yet still be invalid in such spaces.

Seen but unseen, there but invisible.

Gum Bichromate Prints made exploring my own body through subtle kink references.

"Ana y Adriana"

“Ana y Fella”

I lost my mother to breast cancer when I was 15 years old. I saw her fight the disease for almost a decade. 
I watched cancer take pieces of my mom away from me until there was nothing left.
I've never had the chance to navigate through all the feelings I've had, you could say I was;t ready. It has now been almost 15 years later and I feel that I've lost her identity as my mother. Her life has slipped through my memory and now I find healing through the reclamation of her memories.
through photos and her personal objects I am "Finding Ana Rosa". This process allows me to have my mother again, this time as an understanding adult.

I am interested in history's complex relationship with the way Black bodies are portrayed in early methods of photography. By learning the process of creating modern "tintypes" and ambrotypes (glass negative or positive images), I am using the medium to create a new narrative based on the way my subjects what to present thesmselves; continuing with the work of early photographers like J. P. Ball and Arthur P. Bedou. 

Technique taught by Lisa Elmaleh at CAP a part of the Penumbra Foundation in NYC.

Kalima, 2018 [1-4]

Takara, 2018 [5-9]

Funda, 2017 [10]

Altar for 4 women, 2018 [11]

Felli & Harley, 2017

Funda & Takara, 2018

Investigations in Black Kink highlights individuals of color who are a part of the BDSM community. 

Model: Skully, Fuji 100C Polaroid, 2018

Model: Terence, 120mm Neopan 100, 2018