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I don’t know how, but I’ve managed to be photographed by so many contemporary photography legends! This portrait from Alec Soth was taken in my greenhouse in the winter. He’s a damn master of his craft and I was seriously trying not to fan girl out! Shot on an 8”x10” viewfinder.

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It’s giving ancestral body 2025, 25”x40” archival photograph In honor of all my 2spirit Choctaw ancestors 💗💖💗

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From 2008….i had just figured out this bent mirror photo technique using a sheet of 4’x8’ mirrored acrylic. Starring three brilliant dancers from LA in the gay woods of Tennessee.

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Mr. Big Ideas 2008 self portrait on Polaroid 🤘🏼

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Diamond waves in the blue, blue light 2025, Sixteen 15”x20” archival photos hung in a grid Sixteen photographs of my HIV meds shot on blue velvet. Annual cost of my current two meds—$68,000

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ACID HOUSE 2025, 26”x40” archival photograph Part of my new solo show that’s up in Nashville now through June 28th. DARK BIG BANG is on view at Tinney Contemporary 💅🏻

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Just a woodland sprite, doing fairy things 😊 Including gardening and working on the land all day, harvesting and eating wild foods, and love making passionately every chance I get. I love spring! 📸: @benjyrussell.bsky.social

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The forest and the womb 2025, Four 20”x32” photographs I’ve got a show opening on Saturday in Nashville! We started installing today…lordy it’s going to be so good ya’ll

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In the early 00’s, I did all of the photos for the band Shiny Toy Guns…before and after they got big. They were always so down for whatever wild idea I had as a lil baby photographer still figuring out how a camera worked. A set made out of hubcaps or a sunrise photo in a cow pond with balloons 😂

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When an artist tells you they spent all day doing administrative work

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From Hazing the Muse. A collab with the brilliant artist Rya Kleinpeter. 2013

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Gay confession: I own SEVERAL smoke machines. For emergencies ✨🌈✨

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slow enchantment 📸 @benjyrussell.bsky.social

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The commodification of dreams 2025, 30”x40” Some new work that’s going in my upcoming show DARK BIG BANG. It opens May 17th at Tinney Contemporary in Nashville 💅🏻 ✨🌸✨

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I’ve been getting to hang with this absolute babe while I’ve been in LA🔥 This shoot is from 2016 when somehow we had access to the most amazing wardrobe and one of the only green screen shoots I’ve ever done. Trans futurism is a vibe ya’ll!

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Ready to pounce 😊 Booking for May and June all over the southeast. You know what to do. 📸 @benjyrussell.bsky.social

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Kaleidoscopic garden fantasy

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I have a solo exhibition of new work opening in a month in Nashville! DARK BIG BANG at Tinney Contemporary May 17th-June 28 with an opening reception on May 17th from 5-8pm Pictured: Flower medicine 2025, a quadryptich of four 24”x26” separate photographs of my HIV medication on black velvet.

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Film noir 🖤

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I like to bask in luxury, indulge my senses, and peruse immeasurable pleasure. How about you? 📷: @benjyrussell.bsky.social

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The garden at night is one of my favorite places to photograph 🖤

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I’m back in LA for a couple of weeks! I’ve been stuck in the woods for the last year with no travel. I’m sooo ready a city moment. I shot this photo of Carah Faye from the Shiny Toy Guns somewhere in west LA back in 2015 ✨

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poetic license

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Heavenly✨🙏🏼✨

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Superstar choreographer and bff Ryan Heffington photographed at my place in Tennessee. Professional dancers are truly some of the most amazing folks to get to collaborate with 🏆

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Rya and I in Cox City, Oklahoma 2007 One of a thousand legendary nights

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Night gardening

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