EXHIBITION DETAILS

Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life In America | Molly Landreth

September 2 – October 29,

2011

Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America, by Molly Landreth was recently featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, and TIME Magazine’s LightBox, and is now proudly presented by The Center for Fine Art Photography. While traversing America’s big cities and back roads, Landreth captures the perspectives, daily lives, and intimate expressions of individuals who seek to represent what it means to be queer right now. By allowing the subjects to speak for themselves, the Embodiment collection depicts an authentic national experience. As the series is an ongoing project, Embodiment is ever-evolving and -with time- it is increasingly more resolved in the subtleties, shared experiences, and divergences it reflects.

Molly Landreth (USA b.1978 Photographer) is a Seattle based artist who  explores concepts of identity and community by way of intimate large format film photography and multi-media collaboration. She is a contributor  for the New York Times Magazine and OUT Traveler and has been recently  featured on NPR and in The Advocate. In 2010 Landreth brought the visual  language and empowered spirit articulated throughout Embodiment to  several outside commissions; a new body of work for an exhibition curated  by Martin Parr for the Brighton Photo Biennial being a highlight. Landreth  holds an MFA in photography, video, and related media from the School of  Visual Arts, New York and is eager to discover what the next year has in  store. mollylandreth.com 

STATEMENT

Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life In America is a collection of 18  short films and 80 photographic portraits that represent the varied lives of  Queer America today. 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  

Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America has been fearless labor of  love since 2005 and more recently has become an online multi-media  archive and exhibition. It is our hope that these stories and photographs will  become a lasting archive for generations to come.