comrades – portraits of the LGBT in shanghai, China

COMRADES

Comrades, a set of photographic portraits, invites the viewer to come face to face with the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and trans-gendered men and women of Shanghai. The subjects are shown in decontextualized space, their personal stories withheld. Together, they are rendered uniform and anonymous; yet, each face contains a distinct reading. Comrades raises questions of individuality vs. collectivity, personal identity vs. social identity, and the private vs. the open.

“同志”,一组肖像摄影,使观众与来自上海的男同性恋 者、女同性恋者、双性恋者与跨性别者面面相观。 “同志”的主题在独立于情境的空间中展示出来,个人的故 事则被隐而不露。这些照片放在一起时,呈现的是这一 群体的一致性和匿名性;然而,分开看,群体中的每张 脸孔又是鲜明的,独特的。 “同志”引发的是个人与集体,私人身份与社会身份以及隐 晦与公开的问题。

The full portfolio is also online on the website :  http://timfranco.photoshelter.com/gallery/comrades/G0000Mkn67Kb5VUo/

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