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Andrógraphy: (noun]) [an-droh-grah-fee]- The process or art of drawing, writing, representing, recording, or describing the identified male form.

Andrógraphy, a portmanteau of andros (ancient Greek for man) and photography, celebrates the male form and is a project on brotherhood, diversity, acceptance. Often, we are judged and placed into boxes the moment we do anything uncharacteristically androic. As little boys, we are often told it's not okay to cry or to have emotional feelings. "You have to be tough ... you're a man." The truth is ... we are human. At the youngest of ages, it is our natural instinct to experience this freedom. A child's instinct is to remove his or her diaper the moment they figure it out. It is not until we are taught that being naked is a "sin" that we cover ourselves in shame.

I'm Southern Virginia based artist who creates, mostly, fine-art portraiture.  My ongoing project, Andrógraphy, is conceptual art focusing on the identified male form.  I created and defined the term as a part of my BFA final portfolio project.  I look forward to continuing the project once the pandemic starts to ease up more.

**So happy to announce I've finished my MA in Photography, with an emphasis in Fine-Art!

~cheers!