Man Smoking

Most of my guy friends have always told me "you are one of the guys," I have never understood what lead them to believe this. My series is inspired by the work of Kelli Connell where her model acts as both man and woman in a relationship, yet remains physically female. This inspiration greatly influenced the direction of that work by giving me an idea of what I was searching for: the question of why I was a man to some of my guy-friends. By collecting surveys, comments, and observations given by others I made a list of my male qualities. My images explores what is masculine through body language, actions, and environmental settings or situations that play a key role in masculinity.