JOEL PALMER IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, DIRECTOR AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR WORKING ACROSS PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, PERFORMANCE, FASHION AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. THROUGH HIS PRACTICE, PALMER EXPLORES IDENTITY, TRANSFORMATION, INTIMACY AND BELONGING, CREATING EMOTIONALLY CHARGED WORLDS THAT SIT BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION. DRAWING FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE, QUEER CULTURE, NIGHTLIFE, PERFORMANCE AND CONTEMPORARY IMAGE-MAKING, HIS WORK SEEKS TO CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL NARRATIVES WHILE CELEBRATING THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN CONNECTION. WORKING UNDER THE NAME BOYHEART, PALMER'S PROJECTS OFTEN BLUR THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ART, FASHION, MUSIC AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY. HIS VISUAL LANGUAGE COMBINES RAW EMOTIONAL STORYTELLING WITH CINEMATIC WORLD-BUILDING, CREATING WORK THAT FEELS BOTH DEEPLY PERSONAL AND CULTURALLY RESONANT. OVER THE PAST DECADE, PALMER HAS COLLABORATED WITH ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, BRANDS AND PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONALLY, DEVELOPING CAMPAIGNS, FILMS AND EDITORIAL PROJECTS THAT PLACE COMMUNITY, AUTHENTICITY AND EXPERIMENTATION AT THEIR CENTRE. WHETHER DIRECTING A MUSIC VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHING A CAMPAIGN OR DEVELOPING A LONG-FORM ARTISTIC PROJECT, PALMER APPROACHES EACH PIECE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CULTURAL DIALOGUE AND NEW WAYS OF SEEING. BASED BETWEEN LONDON, NEW YORK AND EUROPE.