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YOUNGWILDERS MAPLE FARM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Rewinding In Focus 🌱 Digital Exhibition 📸 shot by me @youngwilders_

No Return Address: Fill The Frame Not every family portrait tells the full story. Some kids grow up learning silence, while others are seen. This work holds the tension between love and absence, between what’s framed and what’s left out. For anyone who’s ever felt unseen: you’re not alone in this picture. PS: What we frame isn’t always the full picture. Some of us were taught to smile through silence, to stay small, to hold the family together. For those raised in absence, you’re seen, you’re valid, and you belong here. There’s a community for family estranged poc @fourth.root 🤍⭐️ Big Shout out to my team: Photographer + Creative Director @shotbyhamda Lighting Assistant - @idektaz Assistant - @ren.exe4 Photography Shadow - @x.hirma Models: (not all of em are family estranged) @zahra_grigolato @dejeanbrown.m @x.tarna.x Thank you @photographyfoundation for letting me use your studio 🫶🏾 #familyestrangement #filltheframe #noreturnaddress

My First Day at Maple Farm :) Thanks to the Maple Farm Artist in Residence opportunity with @photographyfoundation and @youngwilders_

The Science of Sisterhood 🩷 by @hey.sis.uk what a wholesome night to remember a night that will forever be etched into my brain ⭐️

tree surveying with @youngwilders_ a place to reconnect with nature and checking in on da 1/2 year old trees slowly but surely blooming

Had the pleasure of going to @xthetracks with @dopameets a wholesome day with wholesome people 🫶🏾

UNMASKED BONDS is more than a photography project it’s a reflection of my journey. As someone who was late diagnosed neurodiverse, finally having the words to describe my experiences brought a wave of clarity and peace. For the first time, things made sense the overwhelm, the exhaustion, the constant masking. But what truly changed my life was finding community specifically, other black neurodivergent people. In those spaces, I felt seen. Understood. At home. I realised that friendship shouldn’t be something I had to work so hard for. That I didn’t have to shrink myself to be loved. This project is my way of honouring that feeling. Of celebrating the quiet, powerful connections between black neurodiverse friends. There’s something sacred in those bonds something that doesn’t need to be explained, only felt. I believe every neurodivergent person deserves that kind of friendship. The kind where you can unmask, rest, and just be. To my incredible participants @rhemaoa , @shameless.stas @aoki556 and @am4ka thank you. You made me feel so at ease, even when I was anxious. What could’ve felt like a daunting shoot ended up feeling like a chill hangout. Your openness, warmth, and energy made this experience unforgettable. Thank you to @photographyfoundation and @blackandneurodiverse for supporting this vision and helping make it a reality. This is just the beginning. Let’s keep the conversation going. 🤍 #UnspokenBonds #BlackAndNeurodiverse #NeurodivergentJoy #LateDiagnosis #NeurodivergentFriendships #SoftnessIsResistance #RepresentationMatters

When you wear a Human Star Belt, you vow to: ignite your spark and own your universe Wear it. Live it. Be it. 🤍⭐️ Dropping on the 16/12/24, 6pm GMT Photographer: @shotbyhamda Lighting assistants: @_ramzpov @lukepremdas @by.olisa @trimalchioh Models: @merris.dickinson @jimmysnotcool

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