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Introducing our incredible Director of Photography, Mad Bishop! (@madsteadi ) Swipe to learn more about Mad and his previous work! Our fundraiser is still going strong! Check out the link in our bio to learn more about the project and consider contributing. Mad Bishop is a queer and trans Director of Photography working out of Philadelphia and NYC. He co-DoP’d Academy Award-Nominated director Sami Khan’s documentary "Angel Dose," which was awarded a Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy in 2024. Mad’s work has been broadcast on PBS’s WHYY and screened at CAAMFest, Frameline, British Film Institute’s Flare Film Festival, Mountainfilm Festival, and San Francisco Frozen Film Festival.

We are only two days away from our Philadelphia premiere of Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania at @cinespeak Under The Stars! We are thrilled to have several members of our crew joining us for the premiere, including our Philly-based Director of Photography Mad Bishop (@madsteadi )! Mad Bishop (he/they) is a queer and trans Director of Photography working out of Philadelphia and NYC. He co-DoP’d Academy Award-Nominated director Sami Khan’s film Angel Dose, which was awarded a Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy in 2024. Mad’s work has been broadcast on PBS’s WHYY, and screened at CAAMFest, Frameline, BFI Flare, Mountainfilm Festival, TransLations, LesFlicks, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, Hot Bits Film Festival, and San Fransisco Frozen Film Festival. His photography work was commissioned by Mergoat Magazine for their issue, “Kindly of a Queer Nature.” Mad was awarded their MFA in Film from Temple University, where he presented work at Farocki Now — A Temporary Academy in Berlin, Germany, and was awarded Best Cinematography from Diamond Screen Film Festival. Mad is currently in production on a new, vérité-style documentary following a Philadelphia drag queen over the course of her gig-filled Pride Month. Stay tuned! Join Mad and our Director, @hansenbursic , this Friday, June 6, for a FREE screening at Clark Park. Link in bio for more info.

Trans Heaven is coming home! Join us on June 6 for the long anticipated Philadelphia premiere of our award-winning short film as part of @cinespeak ’s Under The Stars series. We will we screening ahead of the Sundance Award-winning Sally Ride documentary SALLY. Our director @hansenbursic , film star Jennifer Lydon, and director of photography @madsteadi will all be at this special FREE screening at Clark Park. Learn more with the link in our bio.

Today marks 6 months since my top surgery. Can’t believe that 6 months ago I had just gotten surgery and was being taken care of in a hotel room in Baltimore by my absolute angels @swingsetchains & @ninak3ith . I was unable to move my upper body & had no idea I was still 15 days away from seeing any results and getting my drains out. Recovery has been intense at times and quite isolating at times, but I’ve also experienced so much love and support, especially from my partner, Jae, who took such wonderful care of me for literal months, emotionally & physically (including bathing me, driving me to appointments & emptying huge bl**d clots from my drains lol). Trans love is the best & most joyful love 💓💓💓 I’ve never felt better in my life. 1. 10 days after my surgery — still would have drains for 5 more days & was feeeeeling it lol. 2. Me at 8 weeks (most up to date photo I’ve developed). 3. Nina helping me into the car after surgery. 4. Me in hotel room day of surgery, extremely happy & sleepy. 5. Selfie with sleepy Jae at my house, keeping their glasses safe in my mastectomy pillow pouch (which I miss dearly tbh). 6. Me getting my drains removed & seeing my chest for the first time. I felt so fragile & exposed after 15 days of the compression vest, like my chest would just fall off my body if I moved at all, hence my expression in the pic captured by Jae.

Caught some gorgeous morning light waiting for the ferry ⛴️ Developed @indiephotolab scanned @ home

We both did a pull-up off this boat & after I did mine he said, “barely !!” 😭😩 Snapped some reallyyyy cute ones of my nephew on the Rollei a couple weeks ago in NC. Developed @indiephotolab scanned @ home.

Love watching the ferry carve its path thorough the still, early morning waters. Shot on the Rollei 🫶 Developed @indiephotolab scanned @ home

Snapped with the RB67 at the dog bowl last summer 🌿 Developed @indiephotolab scanned @ home

Had so much fun with the rolleiflex last week & have been painstakingly working on scans the past few days. This was a perfect, clear morning for some shots on the ferry ride home. Developed @indiephotolab & scanned @ home.

CW for needles/injections happy solstice & happy 1 year on T for me 🥰 never felt better in my skin. Tell me how much hotter I look & go kiss ur local t boy to celebrate 💉 More tri-x shot/dev/scanned by me

Some portraits with Jae on expired Tri-X Shot, developed, & scanned by me at home 😇

Spent the past few days with Jae shooting, developing, and scanning my first couple rolls since high school photo class. Such bliss to make these images entirely in my home with someone I love so dearly 💓 Shot on 32 years expired Tri-X pan 400, rated at 200, processed normally