ARCHIVE
A personal archive of Marcus Allen’s photography, studies, and visual fragments.

View of clouds over the sky with hints of sunlight and a small airplane in the distance.

I deserved a better goodbye

halfway to prague
i get a call
come see me
i follow blindly
turn the jet around
feet hit the ground
our city is on fire
now here come our hearts

-santa barbara

Corpo di Luce Blu (Body of Blue Light)


For decades, cameras were never built to see us. Their light balanced to erase our skin, not reveal it. In fashion and film, blue light is avoided on Black bodies, said to distort or conceal.

Outside the studio, it signals danger. This series reclaims that light, teaching it to see differently, finding beauty inside what is still a warning.

Person lying in bed in low light with a bright blue neon or LED light above.
Neon signs on a building showing words "Peep Show" and

PEEP SHOW

A corridor of glimpses,
Each room holds a secret dressed in silk and static.
Desire is prayer and performance.
Some things are meant to be seen..not felt

A person dressed in a white tank top, black high-waisted pants, black gloves, and black high heels standing in what appears to be an old, abandoned, concrete room with a dirt floor and dry twigs scattered around.

gravity(reconsidered)