Gabriele, 24, is an ex-transvestite. For many years he wanted to become a woman but after taking hormones for over a year, he decided to quit. Always criticized and misunderstood and feeling very lonely in his quest for self-affirmation, Gabriele accepted my invitation to take a collaborative self-portrait in my studio, following my instructions on the expression of difficult emotions. This is the work that we produced together. It reminded us of Caravaggio’s « Boy Bitten by a Lizard ».