Not sure if these photographs have already been posted on but I find the style, aesthetic and beauty aspect to be so inspiring.
"These beautiful photographs of transgender women, in Paris from the late 1950s and early 1960s were taken by Swedish photographer Christer Strömholm, who traveled to Paris in the late-fifties, where he hoped to create a new kind of night-life street photography. Strömholm lived in the Red Light district, around Place Blanche and Pigalle, where he made friends with many of the young transgender women who worked the streets and hotels to make a living.
In 1983, Strömholm published many of these photographs in his book Les Amies de Place Blanche. In his introduction to the book he wrote:
"This is a book about the quest for self-identity, about the right to live, about the right to own and control one's body.
...These are images of people whose lives I shared and whom I think I understood."
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Quote from: Jordana on February 28, 2014, 08:08:57 PM
Not sure if these photographs have already been posted on but I find the style, aesthetic and beauty aspect to be so inspiring.
"These beautiful photographs of transgender women, in Paris from the late 1950s and early 1960s were taken by Swedish photographer Christer Strömholm, who traveled to Paris in the late-fifties, where he hoped to create a new kind of night-life street photography. Strömholm lived in the Red Light district, around Place Blanche and Pigalle, where he made friends with many of the young transgender women who worked the streets and hotels to make a living.
In 1983, Strömholm published many of these photographs in his book Les Amies de Place Blanche. In his introduction to the book he wrote:
"This is a book about the quest for self-identity, about the right to live, about the right to own and control one's body.
...These are images of people whose lives I shared and whom I think I understood."
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.galerievu.com%2Fphotos%2Fseries%2F730_0.484707001321626064.jpg&hash=782f9285100576eb116b96b9d2b5986c3b4c0355)
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Very interesting. Yes. Transgender people have existed since the ancient time and ubiquitously.
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