CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 11/6/2023

'Mayan Toledano: No Mames' is NEW from Damiani

“Seb and Sebastian” (2022) is reproduced from Mayan Toledano: No Mames, the rising NYC-based photographer’s new, critically-acclaimed portrait collection centered around Mexico City’s young queer and trans underground. In the closing text, Toledano quotes one of her subjects, Aine Marin. “To all my sisters that died fighting for our rights, for our spirits to be free and for us to be able to inhabit our full selves. To my guardians. I’m writing to you here, knowing that, like me, there are others who since their youth have felt drawn to transition in spirit or in body. Trans children exist, we challenge and transform established canons to reach those who want to understand their place in the cosmos through a new perspective. … I understand that every person contains a universe of particular needs, chaos and harmony.”