BOUND

Art has long celebrated the unclothed human form, yet our modern relationship with the male body remains deeply conflicted. In 2013, when I began photographing the nude figure, I encountered an artistic landscape nearly devoid of male nudity – a void that revealed our collective discomfort with our own physicality.

While female nudity permeates our visual culture, we reflexively shield ourselves from the unclothed male form. We deflect with humor, dismiss it as pornographic, or confine it to the realm of homosexual gaze. This disparity exposes a profound double standard in how we process and accept human vulnerability.

Most striking is our resistance to seeing the male hero laid bare. To strip away the armor of masculinity – to suggest that strength can coexist with vulnerability – creates fissures in our cultural armor that many find deeply unsettling.

We speak of being “naked” when our truths are exposed, wrapping ourselves in protective layers – coats, blankets, towels – when we feel too seen, too vulnerable. We construct invisible barriers to shield ourselves from difficult realities, from paths unexplored.

BOUND delves into these countless moments of concealment, revelation, and struggle against unseen constraints. These images echo primal human experiences – birth, marriage, the act of holding and being held, the sanctuary of the womb, the finality of the shroud. They capture our perpetual dance between hiding and being seen, between constraint and liberation.

Bound consists of 8 photographic works, 2 are 18″ X 27″ and 2 are 27″ x 18″ archival prints with velvet lamination on aluminum and four are 50″ x 75″ dye sublimation on art silk – all available as editioned to 25 plus one AP.