Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life In America

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Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life In America is a collection of 18 short films and 80 photographic portraits that represent and archive the varied lives of Queer America today. Photographs and videos will be released episodically online, accompanied by personal statements, throughout the next year.

Embodiment seeks to connect individuals from urban and rural areas and highlight a national experience in its many diverse, overlapping and, at times, conflicting parts.  Beginning in 2004 as a solo photography project,Embodiment evolved into a multi-media collaboration in 2009 when photographer Molly Landreth teamed up with videographer Amelia Tovey and set out on a cross-country road trip in search of individuals who would speak for themselves about what it means to be queer right now.  Stopping in churches, parks, high school stadiums, back yards and bedrooms, Landreth and Tovey asked people to present themselves within their natural environments, living their everyday lives.  With this ever growing archive of words, images and short films, the artists intend to change the way queer communities are perceived, and offer queer people all over the country a chance to speak for themselves.

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