Hotshots

Q: What are we looking at?
A: “These are images that couldn’t find a home, that get set aside not by my own choice. Self-censorship in anticipation of censorship. These guys are friends and sort-of-buddies. I think friends are the best lovers. In these sessions, it was pretty clear that horniness was the foundation for the photos. It was fun – like when you sext with a buddy, teasing ideas and fantasies. Then you get together and do it. Like porn, the process wavers between a loss-of-control in the moment and the stop-start of checking the camera, composition and framing. You’ll find a range of stuff – a crop of my buddy’s beautiful curved cock, or my friend riding me and showing off his ass. At a recent show, I had difficulty with my gallerist insisting that a hard-on couldn’t be in the initial gallery sightlines – it’s threatening. Collectors often comb through images to make sure there’s no nudity. It definitely feels vulnerable to put my own sexuality into my photography. But I’ve gotten over that. Sort of.”