hi i’m billie.
i’m a photographer, director, social media creator, lover of words and art and culture. over the last 10 years i have been making photographs with some of my favorite people. i’ve directed two music videos and have been doing freelance directing/filming for socials with accounts like vogue, meta, rhode skin, and allure. I have an unhealthy obsession with skincare and beauty and occasionally make videos showing my skincare routines and current fav beauty items. recently I have reformed my relationship with reading and writing. i’m hoping for this to be the place that I can allow that to prosper and bloom. as a child, i spent my summers in my grandma’s rose garden and laying on her leather couch reading book after book. i always had an attachment to language and its affect.
i was born and raised in las vegas, nv. sin city, if you will. i have a deep connection to the desert and the energy that it radiates. las vegas used to be something i was extremely embarrassed about, however as an adult is a place or concept that i’m willing to return to in order to understand my upbringing and it’s persuasion over how i think and feel and navigate the world.
living in LA for the last five years has changed my life forever. it’s a place that has allowed me to break down all of my walls and rebuild brand new see-through ones. i’ve experienced such extremes in the city of angels and i’m happy to continue doing all of my shadow work here.
also i’m trans.
i’ve been medically transitioning for over a year now. this is important to note because my transness is integral to my writing and the media/books that I consume. I will always be extremely open with my journey being proudly trans because visibility will always be my goal for desensitizing our society to the process and the vulnerability of being trans.
this substack will be a lot of things. a melting pot of my interests and desires. you can expect to find the following things:
book reviews/discussions
personal essays
general thoughts and ideas
love letters
poetry??
interviews with friends/people I love
journal entries
a place to expand
if any of this sounds enticing to you, please stick around because I think this is gonna be fun! xx
yayyyyyy