La Resistencia Trans, Bogota (2021)
This portrait came to life in the heart of Bogotá, amidst the Colombian uprisings of the Paro Nacional in 2021. I’ve been focused on documentary photography for over a decade now, illuminating a powerful constellation and modes of resistance embodied by trans and queer communities.
Our bodies as sites of resistance, our insurgent kinship, our occupation of frontlines across social movements, always reimagining our futures, the horizons to come beyond the violence imposed on us.
In this space, resistance is deeply personal. It’s found in the construction of chosen family, our intimate networks of care that defy the systems designed to isolate us.
These portraits, forged in the midst of state violence that disproportionately targets trans people, sex workers, and racialized communities are glimpses at those unique moments in which survival transforms into collective power.
Queer aesthetics and performance become tools of defiance — our bodies adorned not for visibility, but to confront, with militancy. Each gesture, each stance, carries the weight of history, the legacy of our trancestors, and the urgency of now.
We weave ourselves into a larger constellation of resistance, connecting movements across borders – showing that the fight against systemic violence — against transphobia, racism, capitalism, militarized police states —is a shared struggle. Demanding more. Not just survival, but abundance. Pleasure. Our flowers, while we’re still here.
I'm forever indebted for the lessons we learned together on how to be menacing, divine, and pleasurable in the pursuit of our liberation.
This portrait came to life in the heart of Bogotá, amidst the Colombian uprisings of the Paro Nacional in 2021. I’ve been focused on documentary photography for over a decade now, illuminating a powerful constellation and modes of resistance embodied by trans and queer communities.
Our bodies as sites of resistance, our insurgent kinship, our occupation of frontlines across social movements, always reimagining our futures, the horizons to come beyond the violence imposed on us.
In this space, resistance is deeply personal. It’s found in the construction of chosen family, our intimate networks of care that defy the systems designed to isolate us.
These portraits, forged in the midst of state violence that disproportionately targets trans people, sex workers, and racialized communities are glimpses at those unique moments in which survival transforms into collective power.
Queer aesthetics and performance become tools of defiance — our bodies adorned not for visibility, but to confront, with militancy. Each gesture, each stance, carries the weight of history, the legacy of our trancestors, and the urgency of now.
We weave ourselves into a larger constellation of resistance, connecting movements across borders – showing that the fight against systemic violence — against transphobia, racism, capitalism, militarized police states —is a shared struggle. Demanding more. Not just survival, but abundance. Pleasure. Our flowers, while we’re still here.
I'm forever indebted for the lessons we learned together on how to be menacing, divine, and pleasurable in the pursuit of our liberation.
This portrait came to life in the heart of Bogotá, amidst the Colombian uprisings of the Paro Nacional in 2021. I’ve been focused on documentary photography for over a decade now, illuminating a powerful constellation and modes of resistance embodied by trans and queer communities.
Our bodies as sites of resistance, our insurgent kinship, our occupation of frontlines across social movements, always reimagining our futures, the horizons to come beyond the violence imposed on us.
In this space, resistance is deeply personal. It’s found in the construction of chosen family, our intimate networks of care that defy the systems designed to isolate us.
These portraits, forged in the midst of state violence that disproportionately targets trans people, sex workers, and racialized communities are glimpses at those unique moments in which survival transforms into collective power.
Queer aesthetics and performance become tools of defiance — our bodies adorned not for visibility, but to confront, with militancy. Each gesture, each stance, carries the weight of history, the legacy of our trancestors, and the urgency of now.
We weave ourselves into a larger constellation of resistance, connecting movements across borders – showing that the fight against systemic violence — against transphobia, racism, capitalism, militarized police states —is a shared struggle. Demanding more. Not just survival, but abundance. Pleasure. Our flowers, while we’re still here.
I'm forever indebted for the lessons we learned together on how to be menacing, divine, and pleasurable in the pursuit of our liberation.