HE-she

He-She is part of an ongoing series of portraits I have been doing of French visual and performance artist, Frédéric Koenig. 

Gender identity and ambiguity has been the focus of much of my photography.  In my friendship and collaboration with Fréd, I found a kindred spirit and a powerful embodiment of the melding of male and female imagery.

Using flash-on-camera and studio lighting, my images combine candid, street portraits with more formal interiors, suggesting narratives about knowledge, illusion and perception along with provocative moments of truth.

Enter into ‘Faust’s Study,’ a trompe l'oeil painted room, and be confronted by a fearless man who is empowered and transformed by the duality of his sexuality.  Or gaze on Frédéric in ‘Sacred Corset’ as he so naturally appears both handsome and beautiful, unselfconsciously daring the viewer to cross over boundaries of imagination and desires.