Lifeblood
“Lifeblood” is a deeply personal project born from the profound experiences of my cherished female friendships. Spanning several months in New York City, I captured close friendships, focusing on the bonds shared among non-male individuals. I aimed to unravel and vividly document the complexities, joy, and love in these dynamic connections.
Within The F*ggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell, artist Morgan Bassichis writes:
“Friendship was not an idea or a status that you took for granted, but something you did, over and over: When your friend is flying into town you find a car and pick them up at the airport, and you take them to get burgers at In-N-Out. When it’s your friend’s birthday, you bake their favorite cake (Earl Grey if you’re lucky) and make them a beautiful card from thick pieces of paper and stickers you have collected for the purpose. When your friend needs a place to stay because they are visiting town or recovering from surgery or getting out of prison, you make a bed from the extra pair of sheets and pillows you keep for visitors, and you leave them a snack in the fridge. In the shadow of structural abandonment, political alienation, family rejection, chronic illness, state violence, and medical neglect, queer friendship saves us. Queer Friendship- that thing that is sometimes called Mutual aid, solidarity, disability justice, care, organizing, abolition, or maybe just love- is what raised me in San Francisco, and what forms the lifeblood of this book.”