Since 2013, I have been capturing Lisette—one of my dearest friends—through the lens of intimacy, performance, and fluidity. Our collaboration unfolds in both private moments and the charged spaces before, during, and after her performances.

Identifying as humanimal, woman, queer, and fluid. Moving through polarities—between the seen and unseen, the soft and the fierce, the raw and the refined. Her presence holds multitudes: feminine and masculine, light and dark, grounded and untamed. Each portrait is a portal into these shifting states of being, a visual archive of embodiment, exploration, and the art of becoming.

Over a decade my camera has witnessed her evolution—not as a fixed identity, but as an ever-unfolding expression of self. This series is a testament to that fluidity, to the moments of stillness and rupture, the thresholds of vulnerability and power, the body as both a site of performance and home.

These portraits happened the way real life does—unplanned, in between things. Just hanging out, talking, existing. There’s always a moment, a shift in light, an energy that demands to be caught. This is what happens when two creatives orbit each other for years—nothing is forced, but everything is seen.

Discover more about Lisette as an artist and explore her work (and some of mine) at www.lisetteros.com