AN IMPOSSIBLY NORMAL LIFE by Matthew Finley /backlog and before that he was

and before that he was the second director of the largest artist’s archive

His images hint at life as it once was

and identity in a roller rink on the outskirts of Tampa

working collaboratively to remove tens of thousands of pounds of debris from global coastlines

Martin Luther King Jr

AN IMPOSSIBLY NORMAL LIFE by Matthew Finley /backlog and before that he wasFour years ago, my mother offhandedly mentioned that I had an uncle who may have been gay, but he died soon after I was born. Hearing this thirty years after I had struggled to come out to my disapproving family sent my mind spinning. The thought of a family member going through some of the same things I did inspired me to create this story. At first, I pondered how to photograph his story but the idea of costuming a sitter or myself as my uncle felt