INSEX is the debut monograph by the American photographer Alex Stoddard (*1993) in which he
explores the parallels between metamorphosis in the natural world and human coming-of-age.
Through staged highly stylized images Stoddard invites viewers into a colorfully dark world
of budding sexuality and crawling insects. The previously unreleased series of seventy images
paints a surreal picture of adolescence in a glorious frenzy of buzzing hormones and sprouting
wings. Each scene features a youthful subject-often Stoddard himself-in a state of change or
paired with a many-legged counterpart. INSEX marks the artist's first cohesive collection of
work.
