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Based in New York, NY
vanessaleroyphoto@gmail.com

as our bodies lift up slowly

There isn’t a lot of space for dreaming in an oppressive world, so I use photography as a tool to create worlds where I freely navigate the various facets of my life experience and identity as a black queer woman. In this body of work titled "as our bodies lift up slowly," I reflect upon my Haitian Catholic upbringing, the effects of generational trauma, and the relationships that have nurtured my growth. I weave the viewer between the past and present using archival family photographs, text, collages, and environmental portraits. Read the full artist statement here.


I love my mom because she showed me God, 2021. Cyanotype on cotton sateen fabric. Elegy, 2020. Mixed media collage. Untitled, 2021. Digital archival collage. Home Again, 2019. Digital photograph. our blurred eyes, 2021. Digital inkjet transfer and acrylic paint. Untitled, 2019. Large format silver gelatin print. re-memory, 2020. Digital archival diptych. Untitled, 2020. Digital photograph. Untitled, 2021. Digital archival collage. the clouds crawl across the sky, 2021. Cyanotype on cotton sateen fabric. Untitled, 2020. Digital archival collage. Untitled, 2020. Digital photograph. Becoming, 2019. Large format silver gelatin print. Spiral, 2020. Digital archival collage. inkling, 2021. Digital photograph. Untitled, 2021. Digital photograph. Fortune, 2021. Digital photograph. beyond the boundary, 2021. Cyanotype on cotton sateen fabric. Dark Spring, Part One. 2021. Large format digital archival print. Silver Soul, Part Two. 2017. Digital photograph. Silver Soul, Part Three. 2017. Digital photograph. Untitled, 2021. Digital archival triptych. Dark Spring, Part Two. 2021. Large format digital archival print. Untitled, 2020. Digital photograph. Jean, my dad, 2021. Digital photograph. Silver Soul, Part Four. 2021. Digital photograph. August, 2021. Digital photograph. Jeremiah, my brother, 2021. Digital photograph.
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