These portraits were created to reflect a different kind of truth—one that isn’t always joyful, but is deeply human. Each image captures a moment of real emotion: anger, grief, shock, vulnerability. These are honest expressions from queer people navigating an increasingly uncertain world.

You won’t find posed smiles here. You’ll see presence. You’ll witness people showing up exactly as they are.

Here I document what words often can’t: the weight of a moment, and the strength it takes to live through it.