I create conceptual body work that explores the intersection of human form, natural transformation, and the connections that flow through all living things—both symbiotic and parasitic. I aim at revealing the connection within the mixture.
I work with multiple bodies—sometimes my own, often others'—intentionally removing faces to create universal narratives rather than individual stories. The anonymous body becomes a vessel for exploring our relationship to nature, to each other, and to the systems we inhabit.
The exception: my maternity work, where identity and individual experience matter. Here, the face tells part of the story—the transformation of becoming, the specific journey of one body creating another.
Through my exploration of body photography—from boudoir to fine art—I've discovered the creative possibilities of light, form, and message. This is a very different approach from commercial photography, where I learned to use the body as a storytelling medium.
In this ongoing series, I merge the human form with natural elements—flowers, water, earth, light. The body becomes landscape. The landscape becomes body.
By removing faces and individual identity, these anonymous forms become universal—exploring the fundamental connections between humans, creatures, and all life. The work questions where we end and nature begins, revealing the symbiotic and parasitic relationships that define our existence within the organic world we inhabit.
Working with anonymous bodies—faces intentionally obscured or removed—I create images that serve as visual commentary on beauty standards, bodily autonomy, the mythology of motherhood, and the ways society attempts to define and confine human experience.
By removing individual identity, the body becomes a universal canvas for exploring themes that affect us all. These works are neither documentary nor fantasy. They exist in the space between—using digital compositing and conceptual staging to create alternate realities that reveal hidden truths about our relationships to nature, to each other, and to the systems we navigate.
I use the body—mine and others'—as a tool for visual exploration and conceptual narrative. Trained by my mother, conceptual artist Celia Álvarez Muñoz, I learned early that images can carry meaning beyond their surface—that photography is a tool for questioning, revealing connections, and reimagining our relationship to the natural world.
By intentionally removing faces in most of my work, I create anonymous narratives that speak to universal human experience rather than individual identity. The body becomes landscape, becomes ecosystem, becomes a mirror for the symbiotic and parasitic relationships that define existence.
In my maternity work, faces remain—because that transformation is deeply personal, and identity matters in the story of one body creating another.
My fine art practice informs every portrait I create. Whether photographing a corporate executive or creating a conceptual body piece, I approach each subject with the same rigor: What are we saying? What connections exist? How do we reveal truth through form and light?
With a BFA in Photography, Video & Installations and 25 years of commercial practice, I bridge the gap between gallery walls and everyday imagery—proving that artistry and sustainability can coexist.
I accept fine art commissions for conceptual portraiture, maternity artistry, and personal installations.
My work is available for gallery exhibition and private collection.
For inquiries: hello@uptownatxstudio.com
