I use photography as a way to isolate and deconstruct — I like having objects, environments, and people appear to be in their own constructed spaces. After taking multiple sets over the past couple months, I realized that I have a habit of capturing seemingly natural movements and moments over the course of what may look like a short amount of time (an hour, an afternoon, or even a few minutes). I’ve also noticed that masculinity and vulnerability have been common themes in my work. When initially approaching this project, I knew that I wanted to continue building on the themes of masculinity and vulnerability, but I also knew that I wanted to introduce another: sexuality.
Along with the theme of sexuality came my decision to include nudity. One of my personal goals for this project is to shock any audience that will see just how uncensored the photographs are. I didn’t want nudity just for nudity’s sake though — I wanted use it as an attempt to make the audience as vulnerable as the subjects in the photographs. It’s one thing just to look at men who present vulnerability, but it’s another thing to look at men who command the audience to share that vulnerability with them.
