'My Black queer body on a white chaise longue' ... Ajamu's best photograph

'There is a long history of women reclining on chaises longues in paintings. I wanted to place myself within that history. I bought the heels in New York - but the gloves, collar, fishnets and mask are mine' In March 1998, I was in Syracuse, New York, for the month, creating some new work. I had no plans to take this photo - the project was not self-portraits - but that's one of the beauties of photography: you can go somewhere with specific ideas and then create something else. I was walking al...