Ephemeral Reveries through the Alchemy of Queerness

"It was all the freaks who didn’t have a place in the world because they were too gay or too black or too brown or too Asian or too woman or too poor or not enough of and too much of all of those things.” - Joshua Chambers-Letson, After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life.

This project is a safe space for anyone who does not fall under the heteronormative shield. 

Photographer Bogachova uses photography as a methodology of protest. In this series, Bogachova has drawn inspiration from the aesthetics of classical Old Hollywood images, to empower queer and non binary artists and performers of today's. Bigachova's process of challenging power dynamics and the intention to capture the multifaceted nature of queer identity, celebrating its nuances, complexities, and intersections, give way towards a series where stories and the individuals, often marginalized or targeted, are here honoured and celebrated. 

As a queer artist, and as a Ukrainian refugee with mixed origins, the artist refuses the power dynamics between photographer and "the subject". Instead, Bogachova questions how photography can have an approach that is one of tenderness and sensitivity.