Talisman

These 4x5 negatives offer details in excess--a rhinestone shimmering behind the wing of a dead cockroach, a cracked magnifying glass amplifies a passionflower, oxidation from a brass ring turns Antony’s finger green. To transgress the historic photographic ordering of society, I embrace mess and its attendant spectacle. Queer ritual disrupts engrained hierarchies, rejecting outmoded classifications. In New Orleans the altars, masquerades, and decadences create a visual and material excess that heals as it depletes. I adorn my sitters in our shared materials to create a transformative experience of pleasure.

Nike_In_Ostara_costume.jpg
       
     
Antony and Seven Swans.jpg
       
     
Agave_Skull.jpg
       
     
Soleil in St Roch Cemetary.jpg
       
     
St_Vincent's Guesthouse.jpg
       
     
11_Whit_and_Colin.JPG
       
     
print_3.jpg
       
     
1_Knipe_K_ZacharyandAntony_2015.jpg
       
     
front_room.jpg
       
     
Jenna_final.jpg
       
     
Solei's_leg.jpg
       
     
10Daiquiri_with_Crawfish.jpg
       
     
Palm_Blanket.jpg
       
     
Mike's_Car.jpg
       
     
Erica_Magnifying_Passionflowers.jpg
       
     
lamp_edit_2.jpg
       
     
Jacob.jpg
       
     
Moonhole.jpg
       
     
Whitney's_26th_Birthday.jpg
       
     
5_Boiled.jpg
       
     
Jeremy_print.jpg
       
     
flower_fridge.jpg
       
     
another edit.jpg
       
     
soleil and colin final_print.jpg
       
     
8_fourofcups.jpg
       
     
Mike.jpg
       
     
auryns_shack2_edit.jpg
       
     
16_Annie_Before_Surgery(Double_Masectomy).JPG
       
     
Nike_In_Ostara_costume.jpg
       
     
Antony and Seven Swans.jpg
       
     
Agave_Skull.jpg
       
     
Soleil in St Roch Cemetary.jpg
       
     
St_Vincent's Guesthouse.jpg
       
     
11_Whit_and_Colin.JPG
       
     
print_3.jpg
       
     
1_Knipe_K_ZacharyandAntony_2015.jpg
       
     
front_room.jpg
       
     
Jenna_final.jpg
       
     
Solei's_leg.jpg
       
     
10Daiquiri_with_Crawfish.jpg
       
     
Palm_Blanket.jpg
       
     
Mike's_Car.jpg
       
     
Erica_Magnifying_Passionflowers.jpg
       
     
lamp_edit_2.jpg
       
     
Jacob.jpg
       
     
Moonhole.jpg
       
     
Whitney's_26th_Birthday.jpg
       
     
5_Boiled.jpg
       
     
Jeremy_print.jpg
       
     
flower_fridge.jpg
       
     
another edit.jpg
       
     
soleil and colin final_print.jpg
       
     
8_fourofcups.jpg
       
     
Mike.jpg
       
     
auryns_shack2_edit.jpg
       
     
16_Annie_Before_Surgery(Double_Masectomy).JPG