Hank, 76, and Samm, 67, North Little Rock, AR, 2015, from the portfolio To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults

This print belongs to a portfolio created as a collaboration between photographer Jess T. Dugan and scholar Vanessa Fabbre. Recognizing the dearth of representation of older trans and gender non-conforming subjects in art and popular culture, Dugan set out to take their portraits, working with Fabbre to conduct interviews of each sitter. The photographs are endearing and intimate, clearly the product of a trusting relationship between Dugan and their subjects; at the same time, the interview excerpts allow each sitter to tell their own story in their own words, enriching and often complicating the image presented in their portraits.