Upon realizing their lens could help them find the power in their own complex identity, the Australian-born creative Zaman, moved to New York and began working as a photographer. Zaman’s photography is raw and emotive, effortlessly capturing moments. Identifying as queer and non-binary, Zaman’s personal work explores notions of gender and sexuality.

Arden is a portrait photographer now based in Madrid. She focuses her work on the queer underground communities that she finds herself and her camera in. The images of her speak of love, freedom and authenticity. She just wants to capture and show the magic, the power, the bravery and the strong bond of an empowered community and the lovely, diverse people that are a part of it.

To Be or To Become is a collection of photos that I made from 2020 and 2021 shot on Polaroid600, 35mm film and iPhone are a representation of femininity and sexuality from a female perspective. These images and zine are my way of reframing negative experiences connected with sex and sexuality as a young woman and taking the power back by showing women the way we see ourselves - pure, free, raw and natural.

With a background in dance, artist Jenny Marie Hviding Schjerven’s work melds experiments within the visual art field, mainly painting, performance and photography. As an artist, she questions the world around her through social practice, geography and politics continuously playing with color, movement, video, Instagram and other types of formats and platforms. She is interested in transforming her own experience as a woman into some sort of visual shape and expression. Connecting with others and documenting life in general, she is pushing the boundaries of what is expected as an artist. Creating spaces for women to meet and joining in this somewhat artificially created social happening, she joins them through the lense. Understanding that image making is just as much about exploring the social spaces and what happens when we meet has slowly become her main work.

Melody Melamed born and raised in Los Angeles, Melody Melamed received her BFA from UCLA in 2008, with a concentration in Design and Media Arts, followed by an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media in 2013, at SVA, New York City. As a photographer, Melamed has dedicated her time to exploring the perception of gender identity, sexuality, the duality of masculinity vs. femininity, and what the body cannot tell about the expression of gender and gender identity.