This photographic series documents my lived experience as a transgender man. I show both the negatives and the positives of my experience: the distress of a gender non-conforming childhood and mis-matched puberty, but also the ensuing joy of defining myself for myself.

To me, gender is both an act of performance and an anchor of my identity. Through my self-portraiture, I carve a space for myself within a hostile sociopolitical landscape that rejects my existence.

I use the camera to illustrate how my emotions shift in time with my body’s changes, and the gentle euphoria of remaking myself in my own image.