how strange others’ hands on the body that you love
2025–2026
On this page you’ll find articles about the project, a paired down edit of photographs from the book, exhibition installation shots, and a video of the event “An Evening of Readings”
Articles and News
Read a truly beautiful review of the exhibition tied to this body of work
by Vanessa Boucher for Artscope!
Or check out this interview piece written and conducted by Ali Trepanier for
Lesley University’s Spotlight series!
Photographs from the project
The gallery of images below is a selection of works from the project, which exists as a 220 page book of photographs and works of writing. A preview of this is forthcoming.
Project Statement:
This body of work navigates near loss, reverie, and the unexpected. Initially I set out to document the freedom and guilt experienced within the relationship with my partner, Richie—how we’ve butt against the standards of success and validity regarding what deems our partnership healthy, couth, or moral. Through experimentation with other men, nudism, and performing domestic rituals, I look at my partner as both a subject and collaborator.
Midway through this ongoing project, Richie experienced an unexpected near-death tragedy, one which I was present for every moment, and had even assisted in his resuscitation. The project was thrust into a state of re-examination as I questioned what it would mean to lose him and still focus on our life moving forward, an everpresent visual emblazoned into my mind of seeing queer men enter hospitals with their lovers and leave alone. However, this evolved into a documentation of recovery and a return to ‘normalcy’ as I’ve been present for this journey through the difficult, grotesque, and beautiful. My work examines survival, vulnerability, and the realities of queer caregiving—experiences that often remain invisible within public narratives. I treat photography not simply as a documentary tool, but as a means to construct images and objects that invite private, reflective encounters which position each image as a site of emotional and relational exchange.
MFA Exhibition Install Shots
This exhibition took place in the Raizes Gallery from June 26th - July 24th, 2026 at Lesley University’s Lunder Arts Center in Cambridge, MA.
An Evening of Readings
“An Evening of Readings” took place on July 22nd, 2026 in the Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University. Here, I read through the poems and works of writing from my zine “A labyrinth in the forest through the trees and by the water”, which is the literary accompaniment of the photobook “how strange others’ hands on the body that you love”.