Collaborative Photography

The Taboos of Intimacy, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photograph

In a society in which lesbian relationships are sexualised, gay relationships are judged and gender ambiguity is unsettling, what might a conservative viewer think of this image?  Would they attempt to heteronormatise it and attempt to read one subject as male and one as female, accept that it is two male characters embracing or try to believe it's two women?

Collaborative Photography

Duality, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photograph

Most of my recent photography has been self portraiture due to the self explorative nature of my work, however I felt it was time to broaden my practice by beginning to use other models in my photography.

Collaborative Photography - An Exploration Of Androgyny

Androgyny 1, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photography

Androgyny 2, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photography

Androgyny 3,  Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photography

My girlfriend and I collaborated to create this portrait series which explores androgyny.  I put the images in black and white so that the viewer wasn't distracted by hair colour or skin tone while attempting to identify the subject.