Miami 2021

By 2021, I was fully immersed in Miami’s pulse. I photographed at Muscle Beach, rooftop parties, Pride celebrations, and the nude beach at Haulover, moving through the city’s most charged queer spaces from my perspective in a power wheelchair.

These Polaroids document an expanding, eclectic chosen family — porn stars, models, friends, lovers, caregivers, and visiting artists — and the relationships that were taking shape around me. The year held both exhilaration and loss: my first Miami Pride, new creative collaborations, and the heartbreak of losing my service dog, Ladd.

Made on one-of-one instant film, these images are raw, fleeting snapshots of a year when everything felt alive, urgent, and unforgettable — moments that resist the slickness of digital photography and remain grounded in touch, presence, and immediacy.