Newsletter #1:

My dearest supporters, colleagues, mentors, and friends,

WHASSUPPP!?

(Scary Movie, 1999)

This past Summer and early fall have been full of printing, writing, queer joy, romance, and reflection. Here’s a peak at what I’ve been up to in my corner of the world:

Studio updates

-Nothing I love more than making my friends kiss, LOL. I know Fabian through a larger group of LA friends—he was in town and I couldn’t miss the opportunity to shoot him. I met Nick while bartending in Hells Kitchen, quickly becoming one of my favorite coworkers and confidants. Both of them are fellow artists and we all engage in some sort of sex work.

Initially I was stressed about not having a solid concept; in truth we met up at Nick’s apartment, exchanged some ideas and just had fun—we had no plan, just played. It sounds frivolous but, I can’t stress enough how much joy it brought me to work creatively with friends, and get behind the camera again—the last thing I shot were friends I met through my partner in the Winter; other erotic queer wrestlers in town for a yearly meet up in NYC.

I’ve since turned the images into prints, and have spent a lot time with the work, developing it into a series of acrylic transfers onto aluminum, which leads me into my next update…