c h e r i s h e d: Limitless, grounded, powerful; being naked to awaken. Celebrating our bodies in authentic form is not a freedom that has been historically ritualized. The 2020s have brought us more full-spectrum representation in commercial imagery and mainstream media, all while state laws ebb us away from governing what we do with our own bodies. This sort of dichotomous reality challenges us to express how we own and love our human forms.“CHERISHED” was born from a genuine desire to provoke an undeniable adoration for the landscapes of our own flesh, both within the models posing for me and the viewers.