From from Pia Paulina Guilmoth’s interview with Stanley/Barker on a wide-range of topics:

I feel as though I am always making one continuous body of work, as I’ve literally always just photographed my home and the people I love. The meaning has shifted as my reality, and my life circumstances, and relationships have changed. I think my previous book /At Night Gardens Grow/ was made at a time of intense anxiety and longing. I was working way too much at my day job as an elderly caregiver—often 60 hours a week. I was also so miserable at that time. I hadn’t yet transitioned, and didn’t really have a community to relate my trans experience. I was closeted, and just trying to avoid facing the reality and the earth-shattering changes that I needed to undergo. /Flowers Drink the River/ was made at a time when I had finally started my transition, and was learning to finally love myself and take care of myself. Because of that I feel like it is a release of emotions and joy.

Read the full interview here
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