Alabama

The Alabama Polaroids were made primarily inside and around my home in Gulf Shores, where friends, lovers, and visitors pass through my space alongside a small circle of new local relationships. Working at close range, I use the Polaroid to register touch, care, and vulnerability within the everyday rhythms of domestic life, transforming an environment I often struggle with into a site of connection and creative survival. These images hold both tenderness and tension, reflecting how desire, dependence, and intimacy circulate through the politics of home, hospitality, and the Southern landscape I inhabit as a queer disabled man.

A young man sitting shirtless on a dark-colored sofa, looking at his phone, with a window with blinds behind him and a pink frame around the photo.
A photo of a person's midsection wearing jeans with a rotary phone in the pocket, in a purple-tinted style.
Polaroid photo showing the midsection of a person wearing a cropped top with vertical striped straps and denim shorts. The photo has a purple hue.
Back view of person wearing blue jeans with hands on hips, no shirt, with a yellow border around the photo.
Close-up of a person's torso wearing a black shirt and blue jeans with a leather patch on the back pocket.
A shirtless young man wearing a cap and white shorts standing outdoors with arms crossed, surrounded by trees and plants.
A young man with dark skin and short curly hair, shirtless, standing outdoors in a garden with plants and a wooden fence, looking at the camera.
A person with dark skin standing outdoors in a yard, only partly visible, holding a white handheld fan near their lower back, with plants and a wooden fence in the background.
A person holding a white cloth or towel near their hips, with an outdoor garden background.
Young man smiling, shirtless, with arms behind head, purple background.
An instant film photograph with a black border, exhibiting abstract, colorful patterns and textures.
A shirtless young man with glasses holding a book and a pen, looking into a mirror in a dimly lit room.
A man with glasses and a mustache wearing a white Yale sweatshirt, lying on a couch with his stomach exposed, reading a magazine. The room has a bookshelf, a floor lamp, and a door in the background.
A young man wearing glasses holding a white paper or book in front of his face, partially obscuring it, with only his eyes visible. The person appears to be shirtless.
A person is holding a booklet that reads 'SASA' and is wearing striped underwear with a red lining. The person is also wearing dark clothing with two white buttons.
Close-up of a person's hand holding a signed photograph of a shirtless man with hairy chest, lying on a bed, with part of the person's arm and clothing visible.
A nude person lying on their back with knees bent, exposing their genitals, surrounded by a white border.
A person reading a magazine titled "WEDGIES," with only their eyes and hands visible, in a room with bookshelf in the background.
A shirtless man with a beard and mustache, wearing a black jacket with patches, standing against a plain wall.
A close-up photograph of a man's pubic area with visible hair and a prominent penis, taken with a Polaroid-style camera.
Back of a person wearing a black hoodie with 'Yale' written on it, photo taken from behind, within a white border frame.
A shirtless man with short dark hair and a beard standing outdoors near a palm plant, with trees and a fence in the background.
A Polaroid photo of a man crouching outdoors among palm leaves and trees, with a wooden fence in the background, captured in a faded, vintage style.
A Polaroid photograph of a young person standing behind large tropical leaves outdoors, with trees and sky in the background, in soft, faded colors.
Close-up of a person's lower abdomen and genital area with a black border and a purple-toned filter.
A person standing naked among large green palm leaves, with their back to the camera, holding a small black bag.
A shirtless man with dark hair and a goatee lying on his back on grass, with eyes closed and arms bent behind his head.
A man in a white tank top and baseball cap standing in front of a lit Ferris wheel at night.
A man lying on his back in front of a star-shaped neon light display, wearing a white tank top and a gray cap.
Two men, one wearing a gray cap and glasses, sit while the other, wearing a baseball cap, feeds them ice cream using a spoon, in a casual setting.
A shirtless man with dark hair and beard sitting on the ground with his legs spread apart, in front of a dark background.
Back view of a nude woman kneeling on a bed with her hands on the surface, with a person lying underneath her.
A man with short brown hair and a beard under a stream of water in front of a metallic cylindrical surface.