Loren Rex Cameron was a pioneering transmasculine photographer whose photography book Body Alchemy has been inspiring since its publication in 1996. In an article in The Believer, Sandy Ernest Allen delves into Cameron's archive to find the man behind the photos and what happened at the end of his life (CW: suicide.)

in the process, he also uncovers that Loren Rex Cameron's aunt was Marjorie Cameron, the occult artist who was married to Jack Parsons, giving new meaning to the alchemy in his book title. And his trans sister, who moved to San Francisco from Arkansas before him, was a member of the Cockettes and appeared in films including Tricia's Wedding, Elevator Girls in Bondage, and Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain. For more, see writer Allen's BlueSky thread (viewable only by those with BlueSky accounts)