Aperture 229 - Winter 2017
Future Gender
The Winter edition of Aperture magazine is a landmark issue dedicated to the representation of transgender lives, communities, and histories in photography. Guest edited by Zackary Drucker, the artist, activist, and producer of the acclaimed television series Transparent, “Future Gender” considers how trans and gender-nonconforming individuals have used photography to imagine new expressions of social and personal identity, from the nineteenth century to today.
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Future Gender explores the relationship between photography and transgender lives, histories, and communities.
Guest-edited by Zackary Drucker, the artist, activist, and producer of the television series Transparent, the issue offers an urgent reflection on gender and society and considers how trans and gender-nonconforming individuals have used photography to imagine new expressions of social and personal identity, from the nineteenth century to today.
Aperture magazine is an essential guide to the art and phenomenon of photography, that combines the smartest writing with beautifully reproduced portfolios. Published quarterly, each issue focuses on a major theme in contemporary photography, serving as a book about its subject, for everyone interested in understanding where photography is heading. With fresh perspectives on the medium by leading writers and thinkers, and beautifully designed and produced, Aperture magazine makes new ideas in photography accessible to the photographer, student, and the culturally curious alike.
Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 2017-11-24
Measurements: 9.25 x 12 x 0.6 inches
ISBN: 9781597114219
Table Of Contents
Front
Agenda
Exhibitions to See: Family Pictures, Susan Meiselas, Adolf de Meyer, and Torbjørn Rødland
Redux
Maika Pollack on How to Get Rid of Pimples, 1984
Spotlight
Natalie Krick’s Natural Deceptions
by Rebecca Bengal
Curriculum
by Gillian Wearing
Words
Editors’ Note: Future Gender
Gender Is a Playground
Kate Bornstein in Conversation with Zackary Drucker
To Appear as We Please
by Susan Stryker
Eric’s Ego Trip
by Jack Halberstam
The Marlow La Fantastique Show
by Diana Tourjee
Rrose is a Rrose Revisited
by Jennifer Blessing
Burning Down the House
Catherine Opie in Conversation with Maggie Nelson
Pictures
Mariette Pathy Allen
Introduction by Philip Gefter
Jess T. Dugan
Introduction by Chase Joynt
Kike Arnal
Introduction by Josefina Fernández
Amos Mac & Juliana Huxtable
Introduction by Jenna Wortham
Nelson Morales
Introduction by Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
Josué Azor
Introduction by Patrick Sylvain
Nick Sethi
Introduction by Jyoti Dhar
Sabelo Mlangeni
Introduction by Sean O’Toole
Tobias Zielony
Introduction by Arnold van Bruggen
Ethan James Green
Introduction by Michael Schulman
Back
Aperture Beat
Object Lessons
Movie Poster for The Queen, 1968