Prince Emrah at Silver Future, 2018Emrah, a gender non-binary individual from Turkmenistan, posing after a show. She found her healing in belly dancing after arriving in Berlin, and has since performed on the biggest queer stages of the city as well as at weddings.Backyard Ivy, 2020Suryani's Body, 2020“According to sharia laws in Malaysia, a trans* person born in a Muslim family belongs to prison. This is our faith,” said Suryani. She covered up as Hindu for years, fled Malaysia, and after a four-year asylum process in Denmark ended up seeking asylum again in Germany.Mona Lisa, 2019Gabo Gazing, 2020“At my internship, people want to teach me coding, but I don't want that. I want to start studying European law,” Gabo told me, a gender non-binary individual from Yemen. Gabo is a pseudonym we agreed on for the book.Reenactment of an Arrival, 2019A scene from a video shooting in Berlin, where a group of gender-nonconforming, trans* and queer refugee and asylum-seeking artists reenacts their arrival in Germany.Mirna in Her Kitchen, 2020She fled Syria with her family due to war. She then came out as a trans* person, was rejected by her family, and now stays in an apartment provided for LGBTQ+ teens.Silver Future, 2019Emrah's Kitchen, 2019Self-Portrait With Julie's Makeup, 2019I made this self-portrait after a makeup workshop in the dorm reserved for trans and queer refugees and asylum seekers at risk. One of the friends I got to know through photographing her saw my raw craft and decided to paint me. We came to her kitchen during sunset. Her shadow is now present in the picture, both literally and metaphorically.Fatal Flash, 2019Malaysian Dancer, 2019Malaysian Peacock Dancer (I Chose Art to Protect Myself), 2020A Malaysian gender-nonbinary individual poses near the dorm, which is reserved for LGBTQIA+ refugee and asylum seekers at risk.The 15th Home, 2020A refugee at her 15th home in Germany. It is nearly impossible to find a long term flat here in Berlin.Keil Li at Patricia's Lap, 2020“I started doing makeup once I needed to cover a bruise after my father beat me. My mom gave me her concealer,” Keil Li told me once, a gender-nonconforming person from Libya.“She Is My Mom” (Dormmates), 2020An Afghan queer refugee lies on his lesbian friend from Iran.Drying Rack, 2020Keil Li Gazing, 2020Keil Li in the Changing Room, 2020Prince Emrah at SO36, 2019Self-Potrait in Prince Emrah's Costume, 2019This is me posing in my friend Prince Emrah's costume. She is a belly dancer, a beauty and wellness student, and the mother of a collective that celebrates trans and queer refugee and asylum-seeking artists in Berlin. This picture was the fruit of our friendship and our collaboration.At the End of Our Walk, 2020The City We Are in (Tempelhofer Feld), 2020Tempelhofer Feld is the largest inner-city open space in the world and Berlin's largest city park. It is also a former airport and a recent location for a refugee camp.Roller Kite, 2020Hair To Donate, 2020Mother Tattoo, 2020“It is too late now,” he told me, talking about his mom accepting him as a trans man.Waterfall in Viktoriapark, 2020The Artist, 2020Before seeking asylum in Germany, she completed two BAs, one in fine arts and one in art history, at reputable universities in Turkey.Prince Emrah With Headpiece, 2020Dancers at Their Break, 2019Noeline and Julie, dancers sitting in a Berlin bar before their shows. Noéline la Bouche is a burlesque performer, singer and model living in Berlin, German with West African roots. Julie Dancer is a transgender refugee from Malaysia who sought asylum in Berlin.Tight Heels, 2019The Sun Sets on Beautiful Ones, 2019She is a refugee whose parents have no idea she is a trans woman.Mirna Whipping, 2020View From the 18th Floor, 2020This is the view from the apartment where Suryani lives. The rent is covered by the government.Keil Li at Mc Donald's, 2020In Prince Emrah's Bedroom, 2019Before the Party, 2020Keil Li Divõn at HKW, 2020Winter Ecosystem, 2020The Starry Night, 2020Shoes Under a Bridge, 2020Cherry Petals, 2020Construction Site, 2020Shugar, 2019Elina in the Changing Room, 2019Suryani With Her Plants, 2020Vandalized “Memorial To Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism”, 2020Reflection in Museum Island, 2020At Home, 2021Coals for Hookah, 2020
Come Get Your Honey, 2018–. Réalisé avec près de cinquante personnes réfugiées et demandeuses d’asile queers, trans et non conformes aux normes de genre à Berlin; une quinzaine de portraits ont porté la série finale, mêlant visibilité et anonymat. Ils côtoient ici des photographies de la ville elle-même.
