"Vertigem" is what he reports having felt when he once again saw the past landscapes and places of his life, and also some of his friends who were once presented as cisgender gay men and, in the course of a short time, became women. The images result from a nostalgic and familiar look that imprints in the photograph the past in the present, affective memories between remembrances and novelties.

This series of analog and double-exposure photographs shows the personal experiences, sensations and affections of Rafael Medina on his first visit to his hometown, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, after four years living in Berlin, Germany. Perceiving himself back in the nest as a son and also a foreigner, Medina developed this work moved by the strangeness that this perception caused him: "It feels like I was there yesterday and at the same time I never was".

Besides the time transition, the photographs show subjects and bodies that transitioned in a moment of LGBTQIA+ reaffirmation in Brazil, countering countless cases of censorship, persecution of people from this group. This exhibition, built on affections, does not leave its political background - which does not arise from the activist's point of view but from that of the artist, friend and accomplice.

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