Caprice, 55, Chicago, IL, 2015, from the portfolio To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults
Artist/Maker
Jess T. Dugan
(American, b. 1986)
Artist/Maker
Vanessa Fabbre
(American, b. 1978)
Date2018
MediumArchival pigment print with text (interview)
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 18 in. (34.3 × 45.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineRichard Lee Ripin Art Purchase Fund
Edition10/12
PortfolioTo Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults
Object number2019.7.9A-B
Status
Not on viewThis 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.
Exhibition History
Like a Good Armchair: Getting Uncomfortable with Modern and Contemporary Art
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 17, 2023 - July 16, 2023 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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