PHOTOGRAPHER WYNNE NEILLY'S "FEMALE TO 'MALE'" SERIES DOCUMENTS A TRANSGENDER JOURNEY
By: ELIZABETH BALLOU @BALLOUELIZABETH
http://www.bustle.com/articles/34723-photographer-wynne-neillys-female-to-male-series-documents-a-transgender-journeyThere is a lot of fear and misunderstanding surrounding the topic of transgender individuals, but slowly the public is becoming more informed. As trans icons like Laverne Cox and Andreja Pejic use the spotlight to educate the public, the conversation surrounding the struggles and rights of transgender people is progressing. Helping to nudge this progress along is Wynne Neilly, a photographer who intimately documented his own transition process.
Neilly, an artist who hails from Toronto, says on his website that he focuses on "portraiture work, using its personal nature to reflect the development of identity and the complexities of human gender expression." In his series "Female to 'Male,'" he has turned the camera on himself. The result is a series of photos taken when he began to transition from presenting as a woman into presenting as a man.
While many trans* individuals find the cis community's preoccupation with the transition itself to be belittling (for completely understandable reasons), Neilly embraces his transition. The photos are sometimes intense, sometimes clinical, but always open and honest. In creating such a series, Neilly is demystifying and shedding light on a process that few cisgender individuals understand.
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