Pansexual Pride
A look at the photography of two people who identify as pansexual for Pansexual Pride
Annie Tritt
Pansexual Pride Day was this week, and so I wanted to feature a pansexual photographer on Stargazer. As I surfed the web, I bumped into Annie Tritt, a photographer based in the US.
Their commercial work is fantastic, featuring Hollywood stars as well as everyday people and families. What caught my eye was their trans project, “Transcending Self.”
Transcending Self, I am photographing transgender and gender expansive youth ages 2-20 and sharing their stories.
This may be the first time I’ve seen a project focus on children. I’ve seen many on teens due to the nature of transition and puberty blockers, but not so much on primary school-aged children. It’s important because, as Annie says, “a transgender person is murdered every 29 hours.” If you want to know what it is like to live with that fear, you only have to watch this child say out loud that they fear being murdered while their parent cries behind them. Projects like Annie’s are important.
The project can be seen on Instagram and Annie’s portfolio. Both feature stories from participants. If you’d like to know more, they’re included in a series of interviews with Everyday Projects.
Ellie Sedwick
Another pansexual photographer I found was Ellie Sedwick, aka The Vulva Photographer.
Her work celebrates diversity in vulvas, breasts, nipples, bodies as a whole and also dicks. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a project about vulvas, but it is the first time I’ve seen one that is this raw. There are photos featuring people on their periods, herpes, tampons dangling, discharge, and haemorrhoids. As someone who has had stretch marks since their teens, I appreciated seeing that gallery. It took me a very long time to be OK with them, and they should be accepted as normal.
LINKS
- Who Tells the Stories of Our Trans Elders?. For their first book, Melbourne-based photographer Marlo W met, photographed and interviewed 18 trans and gender diverse elders living in Melbourne.
- A Glimpse into the Life of a Black Trans Advocate. Earlier this summer, the documentary photographer Leon Cato watched as his city, New York, came together for a historic moment.
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