John's work explores transformation and space within queer and gender variant communities. The work explores a push and pull of identity and presentation, a testimony to the impossibility of knowing anything beyond what is shown within the frame, presenting shards of others’ unknowable realities.

Mentor: Mariette Pathy Allen, Photographer

Working with Mariette Pathy Allen, a pillar of inspiration to my work over the years, to curate these images has been an enlightening, humbling experience. Mariette's trailblazing work over decades has enabled artists like myself to develop a visual language within the worlds we photograph and create.