Future Gender: Aperture 229 (Paperback)

Michael Famighetti

ISBN 10: 1597114219 / ISBN 13: 9781597114219

Published by Aperture, New York, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. 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. Aperture issue 229 will explore photography as it relates to transgender lives, histories, and communities. Guest edited by Zackary Drucker, the artist, activist, and producer of the television series Transparent , the issue will feature archival work and new photography by leading contemporary photographers. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Future Gender: Aperture 229 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Aperture, New York
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597114219
• ISBN 13: 9781597114219
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

<b><i>Future Gender</i> explores the relationship between photography and transgender lives, histories, and communities.</b> <p>Guest-edited by <b>Zackary Drucker</b>, the artist, activist, and producer of the television series <i>Transparent</i>, 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.<br><br><i>Aperture</i> 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, <i>Aperture</i> magazine makes new ideas in photography accessible to the photographer, student, and the culturally curious alike. </p>

About the Author

Zackary Drucker is an independent artist, cultural producer, and trans woman who breaks down the way we think about gender, sexuality, and seeing. She has performed and exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries, and film festivals including the Whitney Biennial 2014, MoMA PS1, Hammer Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. Drucker is an Emmy-nominated producer for the docu-series This Is Me, as well as a producer on the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning Transparent.