PHOTOGRAPHER :: ANTHONY AMADEO

SUBJECT :: ANDREW

“I raised myself, and often allowed my older partners to bend me. I didn’t realize until I was much older that I hadn’t raised myself but, molded myself to fit into a man’s idea of me, for safety, a roof, to stay tucked away from their anger. It has taken years of therapy to understand how to feel for myself first, to say no, to say yes, to feel and express exactly what I want or need, because it’s my life, my soul, and mind I have to calmly rock to sleep.

​“I am my protector, my guardian, and safety. Knowing that and living in that, have made me the man I’m happy to be today.”—Andrew