LOSS/GAIN
Starting in 2023, Ashton and I began working together in the studio on documentation and explorations of his transitioning body. Through weight loss, strength training, breast cancer, hormones and top surgery he had a new self to discover.
In our 2nd series, Loss/Gain, we came back together to document his body with more weight loss and before skin reduction surgery. He put a huge amount of trust in me and it allowed us to find an intimate flow in our sessions. As a photographer, I wanted to push past just a headshot or a seated portrait session. There was a place between documentation and change to be explored and I wanted to show Ashton the classical beauty to be found in this new evolution of his body.
