The circle of life, or as Bruja Opala calls it “a never ending circle”. A process most people fail to understand until the day they die. In life, one encounters a range of life-altering moments, some beautiful some painful. This photo series highlights the idea that even though the moments of pain and distress often cause a part of us to die they truly are the times we are re-born into a much stronger version of ourselves. We die and we are reborn several times. Once we accept these setbacks and see them for what they are, character development, we can gain some control over life’s messy ways.

Divine yet dark memories of a stormy summer day and night. Ali captured in black and white by Hugues de Robillard.

Exploring gendered roles through the use of fetish garments and props to illustrate the nuances surrounding gender, sexuality, the body & S/M politics. By using eroticism as a tool of queer resistance, Anna Sampson's goal is to demonstrate how gender and sexuality are fluid and non-binary. Featuring pieces from Creepy Yeha, Fleet Ilya, Atsuko Kudo, R&M Leathers, Sian Hoffman and the Model Traitor.