His transition on display: the new life of Izaak Theo Adu-Watts, son of singer Sade

Scrolling through the profile of Izaak Theo Adu-Watts we enter the life of a sophisticated Californian model. Son of the singer Sadeface of some of the best known American fashion houses and husband of the beautiful Emily Margaret Shakeshaftmarried last year on the beach in Hawaii.

However, if you look carefully at the profile, you will also find images of hospital rooms, operations and bandages. Izaak has in fact chosen to share his path of transition from female to male that led her to become the man she is today.

His story will be on display at the photo festival Cortona on the Move from the 14th of July in Cortona, in Tuscany. It will be a journey into an incredible “visual diary of gender identity” shared with the community and capable of showing a path of rebirth that passes from an abundant intake of testosterone, a double mastectomy and a surgical intervention. gender reassignment. It is the sharing of such a difficult path that has pushed us Paul Woodsartistic curator of Cortona on the Move, to bring it on display. Perhaps one of the strongest images is that of Izaak sitting on a bench, with his chest bandaged, three days after the operation. Bandages covering the marks of male chest reconstruction.

In another post, Izaak writes: “These are my scars, they freed me and made me what I was meant to be. It was difficult to find the way and I didn’t know if I would ever get to the other side. But now I’m here and I show my scars with pride. ‘

Among the various posts, there are also photos of his childhood in Great Britain and portraits of him as a smiling child alongside his mother, the legendary British-Nigerian soul singer Sade and an important reference figure in his transition path.

It is precisely the simplicity of his words and the powerful images, which describe the physical and psychological changes, that make him a point of reference for many young people, of the LGBTQ + and non-LGBTQ community. The love story is always online with future wife Emily, after she, commenting on one of her posts, publicly congratulates her on her courage.