Transgender Day of Visibility

March 31st is Transgender Day of Visibility, and I've been thinking about what that actually means to me as a photographer.

Visibility is a complicated word. For a lot of trans people, it carries real weight, because being seen has not always felt safe. But there's another side to it that I think about constantly in my work, which is what it means to be seen accurately. To have someone point a camera at you and come away with an image that actually reflects who you are…