Prior to the FotoFest Reviews, the Society of Photographic Education had a conference in Houston with four days of networking, lectures, seminars, and portfolio reviews. One of the guest speakers was Zackary Drucker, an American trans woman multimedia artist, LGBT activist, actress, and television producer. She was introduced by Jess Dugan and B.Proud. The next […]
Gender
Forest Kelley: Michael
“Photographs don’t cure amnesia, they attempt to fill in the gaps. It is the process of reenactment, an action of tracing history, that is most vicarious: wearing a sequined dress at the Ruby Red Ball, listening to opera with Greg, developing film in a lab at Castro and 18th, feeling where testicles are situated under […]
Jamil Hellu: Hues
Artist Jamil Hellu has a current survey exhibition Jamil Hellu: Together at SF Camera Works in San Francisco that closes on March 14th, 2020. The exhibition is a compilation of several projects, but today we focus on Hues, a performative portraiture series about cultural lineages and queerness. As a an immigrant from Brazil with a Syrian […]
Matt Storm: Act of Looking
Photographer Matt Storm reveals the intentions for his project, Act of Looking, in his statement, “I’m transgender. I rarely see bodies like mine, represented in photography and art. Sometimes, I see images of transgender people, made by non-transgender artists, for non-transgender audiences, and they feel disappointingly flat.” I am a big believer that the most […]
Shawn Bush: The States Project: Wyoming
It gives us tremendous pleasure to present a week of Wyoming photographers, all selected by Wyoming States Project Editor Shawn Bush. I first became aware of Shawn’s work in 2017; he was receiving accolades for his book and project, Golden State and his images appeared in a host of outlets. Later that year, Shawn was […]
n e w f l e s h
“The artists in newflesh abstract the subjects and materials they use. These works embody a mastery of what is possible in front of the camera, as well as technologically once the photo has been made. These images force us to look beyond the familiar, so that we may see them for what they could become.” […]