Stray Dog (wip)
Stray Dog is an ongoing body of work that reflects my personal journey back to my hometown, Shkoder (Albania), 13 years after my last visit and 4 years after my gender transition.
Through self-portraits and constructed imagery, the photographs act as visual metaphors for my experience of being trans and queer - resisting categorisation while inhabiting states of ambiguity and becoming. Returning as a trans person to a country where queer visibility remains fragile and often contested intensifies this negotiation between presence and self-protection.
Stray Dog is an ongoing body of work that reflects my personal journey back to my hometown, Shkoder (Albania), 13 years after my last visit and 4 years after my gender transition.
Through self-portraits and constructed imagery, the photographs act as visual metaphors for my experience of being trans and queer - resisting categorisation while inhabiting states of ambiguity and becoming. Returning as a trans person to a country where queer visibility remains fragile and often contested intensifies this negotiation between presence and self-protection.
