Bare Your Soul

Jules-Arden Bernard (they/them or he/him) is a Visual Arts Major with a concentration in Electronic Arts and Animation, with a Minor in Creative Writing. They are an animator and writer from South Jersey who loves to focus on interpersonal and introspective circumstances in their writing. Much of their work delves into how one’s identity, mental health, and corner of the world defines someone’s own story, and the beauty (and grit) that may come with it. Outside of writing, Jules could be found sneaking off to the woods or trying to figure out how to befriend the local crow population.

“Coming out as a queer person is rarely an easy feat. Whether it’s to a new acquaintance or somebody someone could know for years, opening the conversation about your own identity can feel like ripping yourself open for somebody else’s opinion, or a contiuous baring of the soul. As a transmasculine, nonbinary individual, I’ve found my own experiences with coming out both terrifying and empowering, and wanted to visualize that sort of dichotomy through photography.” – Jules-Arden Bernard

Bare Your Soul is a digital photograph.