In collaboration with Transpond and House of Q, I had the honour of being invited as the first artist to present a retrospective spanning 20 years of queer photography — two decades of documenting non-heteronormative life, gender fluid expression, and the raw, unfiltered intimacy of the people who make up my world.
Walking into the expansive venue, my mind filled with possibilities. What you see in these walls is not a curated fantasy of LGBTQ+ life — it is something far more personal. These are photographs of friends. Real people who opened the window to their private lives and allowed me to recreate a prejudice-free perspective on what it means to exist outside of heteronormative constructs.
Born in Portugal and based in Barcelona for over two decades, my work has always lived at the intersection of sexuality, spirituality, and identity. Studying photography in Barcelona led me deep into the world of gender fluid identities, post-porn theory, and queer performance culture. I began processing my images with digital manipulation inspired by Renaissance painting — not to beautify or sanitise, but to elevate. To take what society so often labels deviant and transform it into something closer to the divine.
"From a distance, SEX is just another word for Spirituality."
This retrospective at House of Q in Stockholm brings together work that spans queer art from Barcelona and beyond — photographs that celebrate individuality, challenge gender norms, and refuse to apologise for existing. To show this body of work in Stockholm, a city with such a vibrant queer culture and LGBTQ+ community, felt like a profound privilege. Barcelona and Stockholm share more than a twinned status — they share a fierce, ongoing commitment to queer visibility and Pride.
My hope is that this exhibition inspires others — wherever they are in the world — to celebrate their own identity, to see beauty in difference, and to understand that "Normality is an excuse for the unimaginative."
The exhibition is still on view. Below are some photos from the space.
