Vera Comploj sent me her new series of work few days ago. TransMuse presents a series of beautiful shots: cold, bright and elegant. Knowing Comploj’s previous series N-O3 and W-12, I knew her interest in shooting transgender people, and for TransMuse she chose to collaborate with the transgender model Fan Wu. Wu is definitely a muse, she opened my eyes to things I was not aware of before. TransMuse is tribute to understanding what it is to be transgender. I have never asked myself the question until I saw Vera Comploj’s work – I always thought that a transgender person culturally choose their gender, that is was a choice from life experiences. Discussing with Wu, it is easy to understand that I was completely wrong. Being a transgender individual is not a choice but it is innate. Comploj shoots in very natural, rough and untouched places, enhancing partly the inside aspect of transgender identity, to feel attached to a gender different to an individual’s biological gender.
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