Tops was created from the desire to display transmasculine vulnerability. The artist's experience with top surgery, with its many stages of tenderness, holds the urgency, trauma and grief it took to become themselves. It began as a short film and expanded into a book of images captured before, during and after filming.

“I wouldn't have been able to get this surgery without community,” says Zaire, one of those featured. The aftermath illuminated the gift of community, as well as the potential dangers for those who do not have it. Although everyone's experiences are not alike, romanticising the healing process was part of the recovery. The recurring presence of scarring holds the weight of not just physical change, but emotional and communal healing. Many of those featured refer to the commitment of their caregivers devoting time to their wellbeing, granting them access to a greater depth of resilience than many had known before. Zaire and Blaize sit across from one another in a shared vulnerability, while Zaire applies gel to Blaize's surgical scars, revealing the act of communal strength in connection and familiarity. The work serves as a righteous act to maintain the scarce legacy and commitment to the archival of transgender identities.