“I am protected from anyone or anything trying to control or oppress me, as I can never truly be owned” – Leo Lourdes
“Sono protetto da chiunque o da qualsiasi cosa cerchi di controllarmi o opprimermi, poiché non potrò mai essere veramente posseduto” – Leo Lourdes
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
ITALIAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
BY KEVIN CHARLES WARD
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Andrew Rovenko | The House, 2022 | color photography, Mamiya Rz67, Fuji Pro 400h
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Our post in celebrating Transgender Awareness Week highlights self-portraits by Kama La Mackerel (they/them).
La Mackerel is non-binary and multidisciplinary artist from Mauritius. Their work is grounded in the exploration of justice, love, healing, decolonization, and self- and collective empowerment.
“Their series entitled ‘Breaking the Promise of Tropical Emptiness: Trans Subjectivity in the Postcard’ strongly and humorously redefines the typical aesthetic of postcards from Mauritius, more often than not reduced to the demonstration of luxuriant exoticism, presenting lush, sunny and wild landscapes that bear no trace of civilization.”
La Mackrel’s works are included in Transgalactic: photography, genre, transition. The front cover image for the publication features a self-portrait by Juliana Huxtable, an African American writer, performer, and DJ. “Her work is inspired by comic and Afrofuturist mythologies. Huxtable reinvents the art of the self-portrait to compose avatars in which her own image hybridizes with all kinds of creatures, from the animal to the digital, in order to evoke the infinite fluidity of her own gender identity.”
Artists featured in Transgalactic: photography, genre, transition explore a possible panorama of the role played by photography in the construction of their (trans) gender.
We’re celebrating Trans Joy this week!
Transgalactic : photography, genre, transition
[Villejuif] : The eyes publishing, 2020.
HOLLIS number: 99155293838303941
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“I learned much too late that what you called love was nothing but a desperate and irrational fear of a life lived alone.” – Beau Taplin
“Ho imparato troppo tardi che quello che chiami amore non è altro che una paura disperata e irrazionale di una vita vissuta da solo.” – Beau Taplin
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JJ / Lejardinjolof | Communication is key... kindness, care, empathy to help us to build positive relationship, 2022 | color photography
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