production photos from The Silicone Diaries at Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival

When these were taken I clashed with Nakai Theatre’s photographer Omaar Reyna because I didn’t want to be photographed without a flash (which glamourizes its subject by blowing out details and flaws with light). But, now I love the production shots from the Yukon production of The Silicone Diaries. Taken in the stage’s light without any digital manipulation, I think these images reveal signs of my body’s disparate flesh and silicone, my masculine and feminine features, as well as strength, fragility, strain, 36 years of age, flaws and beauty.