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From digital artists to photographers, body sculptors and hair stylists to make-up and nail artists, in our Spotlight series, we profile the creatives tearing up the rulebook in their respective industries. The first time photographer and artist Landyn Pan fully understood the importance of their Naked Paint Party shoots was when a trans teen messaged them to say how affirming and refreshing it was to see so many non-binary stories being told. An intimate, joyful series, the naked paint parties document celebratory gatherings where trans and gender nonconforming people get naked and paint each other. It’s a process that sees the attendees open up emotionally, as well as physically, sharing vulnerable conversations with each other around identity and their relationships to their bodies. Trans...