In a Common Scene, a 'Queer Subject': Molly Landreth's Gay and Transgendered Portraits – NYTimes.com

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In a Common Scene, a ‘Queer Subject’

Molly Landreth captures the parallel lives led by gay and transgendered Americans. And Sam Dolnick explains how and why she does.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/in-a-common-scene-a-queer-subject/

“By inserting a queer subject, it’s rewriting the narrative,” said Molly Landreth, the photographer. “It’s acknowledging that these lives exist parallel to the straight lives that are always seen in these iconic images.”