Entanglements & Impressions 2018-2021 These tryptic arrangements describe connection and power exchange between two individuals through their contorted limbs. I met men on Tinder, invited them into my home, and then we both got naked, embraced, and made the photographs I call “Entanglements.” This risky endeavor got me banned from the dating app. A performance as both process and result, I wanted to push the boundaries of photography by using it as a tool for abstraction. The work was an attempt to regain control of my body in a society where I am constantly objectified, and offers a response to the #MeToo movement. I decided and directed how I was depicted, which inherently reverses the typical gender role and power dynamic between the submissive female muse and the white cis heterosexual male artist. I too have wielded my art as a source of power. By including my own naked body, a leveling ensues: both photographer and subject are vulnerable. “Entanglements” are paired with “Impressions,” scans of pressed flowers folded between paper and peeled apart, creating non-symmetrical mirror images. Blossom’s fade: some wither and wilt, while others droop, drop, or dry. Sometimes their heads hang down low as though sorrowful or ashamed. These moldy flowers embody the ephemeral nature of relationships, and how we are left only with the impression of another after they have gone.