Transfigurations: A Photography Book Exploring Gender Identity and Transition
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 2:47pm
by Danny Heffernan, GLAAD's Advertising & Campaigns Fellow
http://www.glaad.org/node/35065Well before she began photographing portraits of transgender people, Jana Marcus had never given much thought to gender issues. This all changed when her housemate came out to her as a transgender man. After hearing his story, Jana was compelled to find out more about transgender people and their diverse experiences in the world. As a documentary photographer pursuing an MFA degree at San Jose State University in California, Jana decided that for her thesis she wanted to share the stories and experiences of transgender individuals through photographs and interviews. This was the beginning of Transfigurations, an exhibit of images and text that would travel to galleries and college campuses around the country. Recently, the exhibit was compiled into a beautiful 12" x 12" museum quality coffee table book with a foreword by Jamison Green, Ph.D., making it available to a broader audience than ever before.
