Printed on Canson Arches Aquarelle Rag. Image 3.93 x 5.5 in, centered on 6 x 8 in paper.

Unframed: Edition of 1 of 2.

From “Safe Mode Off,” photographs by Alex Steed and Gustavo Turner, Kinza Kōbō gallery, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 2026.

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Steed’s contribution to Safe Mode Off documents adult film performer and director Casey Calvert, drawing from an ongoing collaboration between the two. A few earlier images show the range of their work together, but most of the selections follow Calvert through a single day at one of the industry’s largest trade shows, held at the start of each year. The story will resonate with anyone who knows the exhaustion of back-to-back work events, and the gap between how things are meant to look and how they really feel. It also captures a pivotal moment: after a run of professional success and award recognition, Calvert stood at a career crossroads, curious, excited, and somewhat exhausted by the question of what comes next.

“As a porn person for the past 15 years of my life, I’ve spent so much of my time living as Casey,” says Calvert of the collaboration. “These images mark the beginning of an exploration away from the purely performative into something that feels more wholly authentic and real.”

All prints are signed by Steed and Calvert.