Selected Family by Martin Gatti for DSCENE The New Disorder

Some families are inherited, but others are clustered like constellations, bright individuals united by survival, desire and the unforgiving need to be seen. In Chosen Familythe full story from DSCENE The New Disruption, this idea expands beyond a single image to a collective presence, where identity is formed through proximity, performance and shared experience.

Photographed by Martin Gattithe story is based on the tension introduced in the cover with Amanda Lepore and CT Heddenthen expands it to a wider cast.

Each figure enters the frame with a distinct rhythm, a personal construction that holds its own logic. Together, they do not dissolve into a single narrative. They exist side by side, connected through a shared understanding of visibility, self-creation and persistence.

The story unfolds through a constellation of voices. Nikki Exotika, Rori Grenert, Lauren Chan, Hayley Kosan, Kandy Muse, Nico Rivera, Serenatea, Tyler Emmons, Snoogy Brown, Renato Dicent, Lola Von Rox, Ann-Archy artist, Jules Santiago, Dallman, Grant VosburgyCo, Kyle Pondy. Mekhi Etienne Ramsay, Brynn Bonner, and Dominic Silver each contributes a distinct presence. No hierarchy is imposed. No single narrative dominates. Rather, history moves through accumulation, where individuality defines structure.

The idea of ​​family here rejects stability as a fixed state. It exists through repetition, through appearance, through taking up space together. Each participant builds an identity through style, movement and look, forming a network that operates without traditional definitions. The connection is not explained. It is enacted. It exists in the way bodies align, separate, and return to each other throughout the frame.

Style, grooming and setting enhance this dynamic. Surfaces hold tension. Materials withstand softness. Nothing is fixed in comfort. The environment supports the shapes without containing them, allowing each instance to stretch outward rather than folding inward. The result is a series of images that remain active, denying resolution.

Within the New Disorder, The Chosen Family reads as a study of intimacy. These figures do not seek belonging on conventional terms. They build it, maintain it and redefine it through constant visibility. The story suggests that family can exist as an ongoing act, built through intention and sustained through presence.

This is not a unity portrait. It is an alignment portrait. Each person remains intact, yet something holds them together. A shared insistence to be seen. Refusal to disappear. A collective understanding that identity is built, not given.

Chosen Family expands the conversation that began on the cover into something broader, more complex, and more immediate. It offers no analysis. It offers presence.

Photographer MARTIN GATTI
Talent AMANDA LEPORE, CT HEDDEN, NIKKI EXOTICS, RORY GRENERT, LAUREN CHAN, HAYLEY KOSAN, CANDY MUSE, NIKO RIVERA, SERENATO, TYLER EMMONS, SNOOGIE COFFEE, They will tell Renato, LOLA FROM ROX, ANN-ARCHY ARTIST, JULES SANTIAGO, DALLMAN, GRAND VOSBURGH, KYLE FARMERY, PEYTON PODGORSKI, RANDY MCCOWAN, DYLAN MEKHI ETIENNE RAMSAY, BRYNN BONNERAND DOMINIQUE SILVER
Producer JANELLI GONZALES SAAVEDRA
Scenography COLIN PHELAN
Ejaculation CT HEDDEN
Props MOMMY DADDY PROPS
Style: CHRISTINA KOEL
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