Protection

Initially the Protection portraits started with my visual interest in rubber/latex clothing and how it covers and accentuates the body to create sexual desire and play. I also see the rubber / latex as a protective layer, ironically worn in the pursuit of this human connection. The rubber often covers the body completely and makes the individuals anonymous yet their fetish and fascination with the material brings them together. I was interested in creating images to show the visual and emotional aspects of this protective layer, this second skin. In the midst of making the Protection portraits the Coronavirus pandemic started to emerge. Organically Protection now had a new universal layer of meaning. I continued creating portraits for Protection under the inescapable influence of Covid-19. How do we navigate intimacy in this new reality when human contact can threaten your life?