A glint in the kindling / Michael Bailey-Gates

In 'A Glint In The Kindling', photographs are made to affirm a coming reality. Transgressing against set gender roles, Michael imagines new ways of being within the confines of a binary. Existing both as subject and photographer, the images present these personal truths shaped by the imagination. Many of the pictures feature the garage, basement, or studio of Bailey-Gates' home, where inventive sets expose the frame of the image to include their construction. It is this transparency in the image-making that reflects the subjects within. The works invite us, not just to a world beyond, but to one which already shines through the cracks of this one.