He is known for creating performance and video art for gallery exhibition, and with the 2013 launch of the photo/video series "how-to-be-alone.com",[1] began freely releasing and distributing such content online.

In 2006, his first published work, I, a collection of short stories, was met with critical acclaim and became largely associated with the avant-garde or "New Chemical Generation" of contemporary fiction.

In 2015, their first narrative feature, Out of My Hand, premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival and was theatrically released by Ava DuVernay's ARRAY pictures in November 2015.

Braxton was later nominated for the John Cassavetes Film Independent Spirit Award for his work as writer/producer on the project.

Braxton's photography and editorials have been widely published in magazines including GQ, Details, Surface, and Playboy.