Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America is an ongoing photography / biography archive project by Molly Landreth. It is rich with imagery, honesty, humor, and individual stories. It’s a celebration of life and love, and it avoids the usual clichés.
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Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America
LightBox | Time
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/07/06/embodiment-a-portrait-of-queer-life-in-america/#1
In 2004, photographer Molly Landreth began a project documenting the diverse lives of queer Americans. Collaborating with filmmaker Amelia Tovey in 2009, the two traveled across the nation, producing portraits and multimedia displaying the varied states of LGBTQ life in America. LightBox spoke with Landreth and Tovey about their hopes for the project, which now consists of more than 80 portraits and 18 short films.
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In a Common Scene, a 'Queer Subject': Molly Landreth's Gay and Transgendered Portraits – NYTimes.com
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.”
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Interview: Molly Landreth and Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America | dvafoto
Embodiment began as a purely photographic endeavor in 2005-2008, as I photographed friends and acquaintances to better understand my own place within the queer community as well as a chance to create beautiful representations of people I loved and respected. I had no idea that I would be starting in on a five year (or more!?) project that would one day include subjects from all over the country, an international collaborator, in depth video interviews and a innovative multi-platform outreach plan. I would have been terrified to even begin!
Link: Interview: Molly Landreth and Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America | dvafoto