In 2019 I was diagnosed with endometriosis, a systemic inflammatory disease where tissue similar to, yet distinct from, the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body. I began documenting my experiences through self portraiture after my initial diagnostic laparoscopy to call attention to daily life with endometriosis and make visible what had long been hidden behind closed doors and under my skin. 

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This project aims to raise awareness of endometriosis, an under-researched disease with few accessible treatment options that affects 1 in 10 people born with a uterus. Informed by extensive medical research and lived experience, Where the Red Flowers Bloom is an intimate look at the impacts of not only disease, but medical misinformation and trauma, on my body.