Of all the many things I am interested in, intimacy is the through-line.

The Bathroom Portraits is an ongoing photo series. It began in the summer of 2013 with this shot at Lulu & Po.

In the bathroom mirror, I am the most unguarded.

Since then I have taken Bathroom Portraits in four states. On a boat. During a party. During a party on a boat. At a plethora of restaurants and bars. At salons, movie theaters, private clubs, bus depots, and a converted grammar school.

About half of my locations didn’t work out. I couldn’t get the shot I wanted because of the angle, the size of the room, the state of my face, or the lack of some handy object that could function as a stepstool.

I’ve taken Bathroom Portraits when I felt sexy. I’ve taken them post-performance and after terrible sickness. While on a first date and when I was so spitting mad that I ran off by myself to a beach house my former lover rented for the both of us.

It’s likely that I worried many innocent people because of how long I took in these bathrooms. I felt only minor remorse.

My guidelines:

• All portraits must be self-portraits.
• Wear what I am wearing.
• Take all shots with a phone camera.
• Use only available lighting.
• No filters, no cropping, no editing of any kind.
• Do not allow the phone to be seen.
• The hallway doesn’t count. It has to be inside the bathroom itself.
• Shoot landscape-style (horizontal) unless impossible or ugly.
• Avoid fixtures.
• Take these portraits in the course of my regularly scheduled life — look for opportunities, but don’t schedule them.
• Reveal an accurate glimpse into my inner life.

Welcome to The Bathroom Portraits.