I don’t know how to make you love yourself. I don’t know how to undo years of people telling you how you should act, how you should look, and how you should be. The truth is that I don’t think accepting yourself is something that you can just ‘do.’ It doesn’t come easily and you have to work at it every. damn. day. It’s really fucking hard when Instagram is filled with tanned, toned bodies …
Kayla and I are Soul Sisters, a bond that runs deeper than blood or distance or time. I think we both knew, from our very first meeting back in middle school that there was something special between us. A bond that is one step past friendship, a baser vibration that could not be ignored. And so we became inseparable for a beautiful period of time. Whenever I think back on it I am overwhelmed with memories- …
Half of my life has revolved around dance. I was one of those kids who started taking lessons but didn’t quit when the fun stopped and the real training began. My parents probably spent a good chunk of their earnings on all of the classes and costumes and traveling it took to feed my passion, sacrificing so I could go to competitions or get new shoes. I thrived on the rules of ballet and the …
You know what I really want to photograph? I want to photograph women being raw and sensual and sexual and free. I want to photograph the lions, the daring ones, the luminous beings that dig deep within themselves and find diamonds buried in their depths. And you know what I want even more than that? I want to help women find that part of themselves and bring it out and document it for them. And …