I started capturing portraits a week after the 2016 USA election. The actors, stage managers, producers, makeup artists, dancers, writers, and filmmakers shown here all identify with a minority group that is underrepresented in our creative and collective consciousness. During each photography session I spoke the words that had been on my mind since before the election: hate, love, tolerance, immigration, deportation, racism, xenophobia, transsexuality, fear, islamophobia, colonization, whitewashing, mourning, women, violence, silence, homophobia- and photographed the subjects' reactions. Seven years AFTER I began this series, it is clear that the social climate has not changed. In fact, it is more flammable and volatile than ever.

With AFTER, I aim to create a space in which minority artists can be seen by those who oppress them- whether consciously or unconsciously.  In this space freedom is key and vulnerability is allowed. It's a place where our voices are heard through the collective power of an allegorical ensemble fueled by the torque of photography. I want to battle oppression with peace. As artists, our offering is our choice to connect. Only our vulnerability can liberate us from patterns of oppression, rejection, and expectation. 

Format- digital