What We Love: Josh Lehrer
A photographer documents homeless transgendered youth
Posted by Natalie Hope McDonald on 4/20/2011 at 9:28AM
http://blogs.phillymag.com/gphilly/2011/04/20/what-we-love-josh-lehrer/Josh Lehrer is a photographer from New York who has spent several years chronicling the lives of homeless transgender teens. His ongoing portrait project – "Becoming Visible" – not only gives a face to these teens in a world that very typically overlooks them, but his work also seeks to bring attention to a very real, very serious epidemic in the LGBT community: homelessness.
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"Many homeless transgendered teens have been traumatized by the loss of their families, their homes and often, their dignity," says Lehrer. "There is a genuine dearth of visibility for these kids – and as an artist – I feel one way that I can contribute is to generate as much visibility as possible through using artistically interesting methods that will get talked about both in the press and in the art community."
