T*l*p T**ch*rs
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

Pl**s* (d*n't) D*st*rb
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

L**p*rd L*b**
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

K*ss & T*ll
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

H*dd*n Sh*ft
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

Fl*cc*d B***ty
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

M**st V*lv*
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

R*bs, *r*ct
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

Sloppy Seconds
archival silver gelatin fiber print
16” x 20”

The focus of this project was to put a spotlight on how rigid, nonsensical, and homophobic our society's standards of "censorship" are. I applied this idea by using plants, more specifically flowers, the sexual organs of flowering plants, and the view camera. The view camera allows for a high degree of sharpness in images, so having subjects out-of-focus is intention. We celebrate and adore flowers, even with their sexual nature. So, by robbing the viewer of having the flower in focus, I hope to bring into question why large media blurs out sexuality (or that of which isn't the "norm"). More importantly perhaps, what is then in focus, or what becomes the subject when we blur out or advert our gaze from completely natural, sexual features? Themes of death seemed to fill that void with necrous leaves and spent flowers, perhaps a warning to the viewer about disregarding the beauty of sexuality, and how sex and sexuality are naturally woven into nature.