Love Stories
Sex has always been a bit of a scary subject for me. Not because I don’t enjoy it or for any religious reasons but there came a point in my life and my first marriage when I had been so abused and mistreated that the thought of sex made me physically ill. I saw sex as a weapon because it had been used against me in that way. Intimacy was something I had learned to associate with lies, violence, and manipulation but then I met a number of people who used the ideas around and practice of sex as a tool for healing and self-expression.
Over the course of several years, I spent time with many friends, documenting their adventures and exploration in love & sex while learning that we all have the power to love and be loved freely. “Stories of Sex and Self Exploration” is a journey through different levels of healing, trust, beauty, intimacy, and love. I pointed my camera at what made me uncomfortable and learned to let go of everything that held me back from enjoying one of life’s most basic and necessary experiences.
Choosing love every day has been one of the most difficult decisions of my life. I may have had my own personal trauma around the idea of love but I’ve looked to the people around me; strangers, friends, and family to learn how to express different kinds of love and intimacy over the years. Pointing my camera at what makes me uncomfortable has been the only way to move forward for me and I am thankful to have experienced such genuine joy with all of these individuals.
