Propulsion Diptych #4, Two 20x30 inch inkjet archival prints. Digital scans from 35mm film. Title left: Three moon jellies (Auerlia labiata) touching, 2024 Title right: Dancer in ghostly blue light at Polemasters Playhouse in West Hollywood, 2024
Propulsion Diptych #2, Two 20x30 inch inkjet archival prints. Digital scans from 35mm film. Left image: Dancer in cyan light (Shimmey) at Polemasters Playhouse in West Hollywood, 2024 Right image: Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens), yellow bell against blue-green background, 2024
Propulsion (2025 in-progress)
Propulsion is an ongoing photographic series pairing pole dancers suspended mid-movement with jellyfish drifting through water. Presented as diptychs, the images explore shared mechanics of motion, suspension, and muscular force.
Photographed primarily on analog film, the work emphasizes texture, depth, and the tactile presence of the photographic medium. By placing these subjects in visual dialogue, the series blurs distinctions between the natural and the performative while engaging broader histories of the female body in art.
By aligning erotic performance with organic propulsion, Propulsion repositions the dancer’s body as an agent of force, endurance, and transformation rather than an object of passive display.
The series will be released by Albumen Gallery at Photo London 2026.
