Kadu is the ultimate muse - a kind and talented chef who is humbled by his beauty. This body of work is meant to draw the viewer's eye into the kindness and heart of my subject.

There is a fantasy of what beauty is within the world of romance which is usually focused on heteronormative, cigendered straight couples. This fantasy is perpetuated by photographers and media that attempt to appeal to the mainstream by only showing a male/female couple…