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Jesi Taylor Cruz and Io, Brooklyn 2019 Represented by WeSpeak Models Makeup by Emma Elizabeth Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne „I call Io my “moon baby” because they’re named after one of the Galilean moons. I refer to Io as “they” because I don’t feel the need to gender someone who’s only just arrived. Some- one I don’t want to rush into the pressures of constructs. The cosmic Io here, the cosmic Io out there. The universe embodied, named and nameless. All. I’d never given thought to the possibility of life outside of earth until I read about the Galilean moons of Jupiter in an old textbook I found on a Brooklyn stoop several years ago. Now, whenever I speak my child’s name aloud I’m reminded of our place in the world, in the universe. Of how we’re every- thing and nothing. And how lucky we are to exist together in this time and place and space as a family. With our names and worries and hopes and dreams. In the Ontology of the Photographic Image, Bazin and Gray wrote that photography „pro- duces an image that is a reality of nature, namely, an hallucination that is also a fact.” When I think of how our reflections, frozen in time, are captured in photographs I understand the haunting, ghost-like feeling of the hallucination. The past on display, a former self trans- formed into an object for consumption — to be consumed by yourself or others. But also for memory, as a reminder. A part of the past, your past, living on after the fact. The afterlife of a memory embodied in a photograph. That living memory is powerful. Like the power that the nursing photo has in my life, the living memory, the reminder, the past made present. For, there will come a time when that part of our lives will be so distant, so far in the past, that photographs will be the main way to connect back to that time. Sure, in thought it may happen as well. But that’s not always the case. Brains and circumstances change and memory isn’t always guaranteed. Photographs offer a sort of time capsule. I’m thankful for that living memory and I’m humbled that so many people connected with the power, innocence, and strength of that photo.“ - Jesi Taylor Cruz

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Jesi Taylor Cruz and Io, Brooklyn 2019 Represented by WeSpeak Models
Makeup by Emma Elizabeth
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

„I call Io my “moon baby” because they’re named after one of the Galilean moons. I refer to Io as “they” because I don’t feel the need to gender someone who’s only just arrived. Some- one I don’t want to rush into the pressures of constructs. The cosmic Io here, the cosmic Io out there. The universe embodied, named and nameless. All. I’d never given thought to the possibility of life outside of earth until I read about the Galilean moons of Jupiter in an old textbook I found on a Brooklyn stoop several years ago. Now, whenever I speak my child’s name aloud I’m reminded of our place in the world, in the universe. Of how we’re every- thing and nothing. And how lucky we are to exist together in this time and place and space as a family. With our names and worries and hopes and dreams.

In the Ontology of the Photographic Image, Bazin and Gray wrote that photography „pro- duces an image that is a reality of nature, namely, an hallucination that is also a fact.” When I think of how our reflections, frozen in time, are captured in photographs I understand the haunting, ghost-like feeling of the hallucination. The past on display, a former self trans- formed into an object for consumption — to be consumed by yourself or others. But also for memory, as a reminder. A part of the past, your past, living on after the fact. The afterlife of a memory embodied in a photograph. That living memory is powerful.

Like the power that the nursing photo has in my life, the living memory, the reminder, the past made present. For, there will come a time when that part of our lives will be so distant, so far in the past, that photographs will be the main way to connect back to that time. Sure, in thought it may happen as well. But that’s not always the case. Brains and circumstances change and memory isn’t always guaranteed. Photographs offer a sort of time capsule. I’m thankful for that living memory and I’m humbled that so many people connected with the power, innocence, and strength of that photo.“ - Jesi Taylor Cruz

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Sadié Exotic, Brooklyn 2019 Represented by WeSpeak Models Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne „I want to use my platform as a model and published author to motivate and uplift women with curves and imperfections. I was sexually abused during my childhood and abandoned by my parents. I want to inspire others to realize that they too, can overcome their circum- stances.“ - Sadié Exotic Author of the book -If Only My Eyes Could Speak

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Sadié Exotic, Brooklyn 2019

Represented by WeSpeak Models
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

„I want to use my platform as a model and published author to motivate and uplift women with curves and imperfections. I was sexually abused during my childhood and abandoned by my parents. I want to inspire others to realize that they too, can overcome their circum- stances.“ - Sadié Exotic

Author of the book -If Only My Eyes Could Speak

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Justin Stewart, Brooklyn 2020 Represented by WeSpeak Models Styled by Lidow Archive Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne „I have plenty of doubts of my own while I’m trying to grow and become more comfortable in my own skin. Being yourself is a challenge in a world where conformity is the norm. You don’t have to be like the majority, you can be whoever you want to be, it’s your choice. De- cide, envision, and be the best version of who you want to be. Don’t ever compare yourself to others. You are NOT a copy, you are an original. Craft your own individuality and sense of style and just be yourself. For me, the key is to be different not for the sake of being different, but being the most au- thentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that’s usually the case when there’s a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that. Understand that it is normal to be reluctant to make that jump. But when you finally make the conscious decision to let go, to be free, and to embrace all of aspects of the mind, body, and soul you will come to realize it was the best decision you’ve ever made.“ - Justin Stewart

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Justin Stewart, Brooklyn 2020
Represented by WeSpeak Models
Styled by Lidow Archive
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

„I have plenty of doubts of my own while I’m trying to grow and become more comfortable in my own skin. Being yourself is a challenge in a world where conformity is the norm. You don’t have to be like the majority, you can be whoever you want to be, it’s your choice. De- cide, envision, and be the best version of who you want to be. Don’t ever compare yourself to others. You are NOT a copy, you are an original. Craft your own individuality and sense of style and just be yourself.

For me, the key is to be different not for the sake of being different, but being the most au- thentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that’s usually the case when there’s a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that. Understand that it is normal to be reluctant to make that jump. But when you finally make the conscious decision to let go, to be free, and to embrace all of aspects of the mind, body, and soul you will come to realize it was the best decision you’ve ever made.“ - Justin Stewart

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Alex Hall, Brooklyn 2020 Represented by WeSpeak Models Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne „Transitioning took a long, long period of time. Things in my life slowly became more and more “this isn’t right“ before they could ever become okay. I spent so much of my life living for other people. I didn’t know how to live for myself, because I didn’t know who I was and wasn’t trying to figure it out. I was distracting myself with Life, with other people. I wanted to be “the best person” for everyone, which ultimately wasn‘t the perfect person either and led me into mostly toxic relationships. I dated people I wanted to be. I lived the life I wanted through them, instead of living my own life. I searched for distractions in many things that weren’t good for me. Until these things too, didn’t give me the high I was looking for. I finally ran out of energy to pretend to be someone I wasn’t. After I finally admitted to myself who I was I just wanted to skip ahead, to fast forward, I just wanted to get to where I was going and be there. I felt like I had finally been born and I had to go through growing up all over again. I started taking hormones a little over two years ago. It took me almost a year after starting hormones to tell my parents I was their daughter. Looking back now, remembering all the things I wanted for myself, I am there.” - Alex Hall

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Alex Hall, Brooklyn 2020
Represented by WeSpeak Models
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

„Transitioning took a long, long period of time. Things in my life slowly became more and more “this isn’t right“ before they could ever become okay. I spent so much of my life living for other people. I didn’t know how to live for myself, because I didn’t know who I was and wasn’t trying to figure it out. I was distracting myself with Life, with other people. I wanted to be “the best person” for everyone, which ultimately wasn‘t the perfect person either and led me into mostly toxic relationships. I dated people I wanted to be. I lived the life I wanted through them, instead of living my own life. I searched for distractions in many things that weren’t good for me. Until these things too, didn’t give me the high I was looking for. I finally ran out of energy to pretend to be someone I wasn’t.

After I finally admitted to myself who I was I just wanted to skip ahead, to fast forward, I just wanted to get to where I was going and be there. I felt like I had finally been born and I had to go through growing up all over again.

I started taking hormones a little over two years ago. It took me almost a year after starting hormones to tell my parents I was their daughter. Looking back now, remembering all the things I wanted for myself, I am there.” - Alex Hall

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Ta’Lor D’Yonna Mosley and Simbaa, Brooklyn 2020 Represented by WeSpeak Models Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne “I’ve always had a weird relationship with love. Between loving myself and trying to love others it became nearly impossible because I always felt forced to be someone I wasn’t. The journey to figuring myself out was hard but well worth the trip and a hell of a good time. It‘s almost like one day I woke up and decided that I wasn’t going to be this person that tried to be a molded figure. I’m still figuring things out, I mainly just do it through art. I’m figuring out my body, my likes and dislikes, boundaries. I just try to create as much as possible but I stop creating too because I’m a lazy artist but that’s apart of the craft I suppose. Meeting Simbaa has been one of the coolest things to happen to me in the past year because He definitely came out of nowhere and lit up my life in a way that still shocks the hell out of me. He’s inspiring to say the least. a real hands on— “how can we keep growing” kind of person; some say we’re somewhat joint at hip but fuck that; I’ve never had one person try to help me build my career, care about me platonically, and be there for me romantically all at once.” - Ta’Lor D’Yonna Mosley

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Ta’Lor D’Yonna Mosley and Simbaa, Brooklyn 2020 Represented by WeSpeak Models
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

“I’ve always had a weird relationship with love. Between loving myself and trying to love others it became nearly impossible because I always felt forced to be someone I wasn’t. The journey to figuring myself out was hard but well worth the trip and a hell of a good time. It‘s almost like one day I woke up and decided that I wasn’t going to be this person that tried to be a molded figure. I’m still figuring things out, I mainly just do it through art. I’m figuring out my body, my likes and dislikes, boundaries. I just try to create as much as possible but

I stop creating too because I’m a lazy artist but that’s apart of the craft I suppose. Meeting Simbaa has been one of the coolest things to happen to me in the past year because He definitely came out of nowhere and lit up my life in a way that still shocks the hell out of me. He’s inspiring to say the least. a real hands on— “how can we keep growing” kind of person; some say we’re somewhat joint at hip but fuck that; I’ve never had one person try to help me build my career, care about me platonically, and be there for me romantically all at once.”

- Ta’Lor D’Yonna Mosley

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Dalen Keswick, Brooklyn 2020 Hair and Makeup by LB Charles Represented by WeSpeak Models Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne „I‘ve never been one to live in fear. I have always been unapologetically me and I think my fashion and the way I present myself really represents that. I am femme, I am fierce, but I am also masculine which is represented with my facial hair. I am comfortable with he/she/they pronouns because I feel like an entity of all genders. With that, I stick out on the street quite well. People see body of a woman, with a full man head, usually without makeup. It gathers a significant amount of questioning stares. One of the reasons I got into modeling is to show those like me that we are visible and valid in the world. To keep pushing past the haters and chase your dream.“ - Dalen Keswick

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Dalen Keswick, Brooklyn 2020
Hair and Makeup by LB Charles
Represented by WeSpeak Models
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

„I‘ve never been one to live in fear. I have always been unapologetically me and I think my fashion and the way I present myself really represents that. I am femme, I am fierce, but I am also masculine which is represented with my facial hair. I am comfortable with he/she/they pronouns because I feel like an entity of all genders.

With that, I stick out on the street quite well. People see body of a woman, with a full man head, usually without makeup. It gathers a significant amount of questioning stares. One of the reasons I got into modeling is to show those like me that we are visible and valid in the world. To keep pushing past the haters and chase your dream.“ - Dalen Keswick

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LiLi, Brooklyn 2020 Makeup by LB Charles Styled by Lidow Archive Represented by WeSpeak Models Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne „It’s funny that all of my physical features that I appreciate the most today were once my big- gest insecurities. Growing up whenever someone would say that I looked like a girl or was too feminine it would nearly break me. I would do everything in could to not look that way. I figured that if I could just be “socially acceptable” I would feel better about myself. It was a long process for me to get to where I am today. I truly love, accept and appreciate everything that comes with me. The way God built my body. The way my insides match my outsides. I look how I feel. Actually I feel better than I look. Now I’m no longer uncomfortable even if some members of society are uncomfortable. I don’t take on other people’s fears and insecu- rities. It’s freeing to say the least. My hope is that all people can get to the point of self acceptance. Because when you TRULY accept yourself you accept others as they are.“ - LiLi

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LiLi, Brooklyn 2020
Makeup by LB Charles
Styled by Lidow Archive
Represented by WeSpeak Models
Photo Essay Style Inspired by Dominique Wynne

„It’s funny that all of my physical features that I appreciate the most today were once my big- gest insecurities. Growing up whenever someone would say that I looked like a girl or was too feminine it would nearly break me. I would do everything in could to not look that way. I figured that if I could just be “socially acceptable” I would feel better about myself. It was a long process for me to get to where I am today. I truly love, accept and appreciate everything that comes with me. The way God built my body. The way my insides match my outsides. I look how I feel. Actually I feel better than I look. Now I’m no longer uncomfortable even if some members of society are uncomfortable. I don’t take on other people’s fears and insecu- rities. It’s freeing to say the least.

My hope is that all people can get to the point of self acceptance. Because when you TRULY accept yourself you accept others as they are.“ - LiLi

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