Words by: Tom Meissner
Photography by: Tom Meissner & Marina Srivilai

I understood from a young age that – unlike my peers – my chest was shallow and sunken.

I tried method after method to correct my pectus excavatum, but it soon became clear that without unaffordable surgical intervention, the deformity would be permanent.

How could anyone find my body sexy when it looked the way it did?

However, I came to realise that the purpose of my body isn’t to serve as an image for others to validate; it’s a vessel for my being, and my vitality.

These photos are my rebellion against my insecurities.