Based in New York, NY
vanessaleroyphoto@gmail.com
781-738-4433
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.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29f1cb188b5c8f219164f6abcd78350ddfa5abf59b4c790a96e846bc1738203c/AOBLUS-1.jpg)
![Elegy, 2020. Mixed media collage.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4036343f6b824c1087f508fe1e46324e73213ee50fa76deb674591454b6ba133/AOBLUS-2.jpg)
![Untitled, 2021. Digital archival collage.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d00fbe6ff2b30f3238842c9f481c085db82c426e529699e796218ec037e4d39/AOBLUS-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27ee615392dff29802c5bb020da1e6959833561e4ed147b369128dae9803c468/Screen-Shot-2022-08-13-at-8.37.55-PM.png)
![Untitled, 2019. Large format silver gelatin print.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8dee2b29126deb15a95559884cbf600ab6007c5b1af7967f74f8eed2fa19d66/VL_AOBLUS-11-of-24.jpg)
![re-memory, 2020. Digital archival diptych.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee4fa074f61f91277fecb120420b8a076aaeeb6757730d17ac42c7ba4e4a94f9/AOBLUS-5.jpg)
![Untitled, 2020. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cc07b71ba0dff45adfb0f7d52aecc37ed8689e69a8cd395fcbf8bb9ae793d3e/AOBLUS-8.jpg)
![Untitled, 2021. Digital archival collage.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d82c8c581d978f7dfea4bd7ed207f2d001c44abf7d8596be81be43891d11573/AOBLUS-7.jpg)
![the clouds crawl across the sky, 2021. Cyanotype on cotton sateen fabric.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a50b4ba9748da912542328dbd6795bb22254c7443b244634a66e0469693a6018/AOBLUS-9.jpg)
![Untitled, 2020. Digital archival collage.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d1161f34828a1fcdcd506ff0fc1b215844b09879141471ecc2faf0d3ff62b48/VL_AOBLUS-5-of-24.jpg)
![Untitled, 2020. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79dd853333e1587bec9109e11d2f633f98a88ca47f3487f8b79ca8f8226ded30/AOBLUS-10.jpg)
![Becoming, 2019. Large format silver gelatin print.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ab53383fd192c0e4e361724463fd3f3834f124108a0dd45c444c70bef8c1a7d/VLdoubleexposure003SMALL.jpeg)
![Spiral, 2020. Digital archival collage.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b8a236c17718ff7d6babc8b284e8507b263d3750d896cc12a76313f271008f4/AOBLUS-11.jpg)
![inkling, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84a2e307f7ef846e64db83a9102a8bc4a5cea1d12a489ee823621ba2f15b361b/AOBLUS-12.jpg)
![Untitled, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dec3384098fb0c1784d9a05416b2fbcdf47fd890ab80371e5d87aa9a61ed48ce/AOBLUS-13.jpg)
![Untitled, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91ea0dfb00a3ba4b10ee9e2cc377a43cc878549be4c5df17a717073b3678263d/AOBLUS-14.jpg)
![Untitled, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f00790a4d961649c8c3c94ab1808b49e46633246104411f2df2581019399b67/AOBLUS-15.jpg)
![Fortune, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e167631e08c649197b1210889a22b1c853951d0aa6192a45fae9a9f965c5ee0/AOBLUS-23.jpg)
![beyond the boundary, 2021. Cyanotype on cotton sateen fabric.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/483c1da6780b4a1b5e0ea5497669398be477e5022d3c1c20b269141fadf00f4f/AOBLUS-16.jpg)
![Dark Spring, Part One. 2021. Large format digital archival print.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f942d1d71d642a773ad83c481d85a8ef2e91ef9d0c8441fdf2ad816759598d8/AOBLUS-18.jpg)
![Silver Soul, Part Two. 2017. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1513cdb227c825f52945a243065f20cf7ee604502cdf0d94e1dbb0f51b3756d/AOBLUS-17.jpg)
![Silver Soul, Part Three. 2017. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87648f411ce5fcc2f76bd03188861c14f109e9591eb7743fc1e3ac2e684be812/AOBLUS-22.jpg)
![Untitled, 2021. Digital archival triptych.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/202c04827d79ae9cd1a4fecd9f132f93f69b91ef0970d31fb1ff95c90b84ae3c/AOBLUS-20.jpg)
![Dark Spring, Part Two. 2021. Large format digital archival print.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cbd6dc17ba2ac980678a57ae367cf195621292feed6e319f806f04d1a1f81e8/AOBLUS-21.jpg)
![Untitled, 2020. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d2af23f9d73c8ca7d8ca88cbde71456b95868458550d976bc0614a6fa856d34/VL_AOBLUS-24-of-24.jpg)
![Jean, my dad, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/247f0b51a9404dd0780528eba23f8da70a9147af8c81c93306a8ca9829388388/21B-Leroy.jpeg)
![Silver Soul, Part Four. 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175915edad3d811ed675075bf89873fb59563cea20a868d08dcaf9f31530c7fc/VanessaLeroy_Untitled_08-2021_Florida_002.jpeg)
![August, 2021. Digital photograph.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2968f8f6f71f9deba7a4dcd514e24d70d22b99ff0203285abb36a49b2299bc45/VanessaLeroy_Untitled_08-2021_Florida_001.jpeg)