This one was done entirely with afternoon light bouncing off the side of my house. Part of my series with no retouching.
Calpernia Addams 3
Part of a series I took last week. I call this one “Executive Realness!”
I was also reading a NYT piece yesterday about the recent renaissance of unretouched photos. I had been feeling the same thing lately, so this series was shot with an eye toward doing no retouching.
Trans-Ponder 123 – APAthetic
we discuss numerous issues such as the APA protest, make sure to check out the videos. Also the courts upholding prop8. Check out the videos of that too. We also discuss Andrea James and Calpernia’s upcoming short film Transproofed. Informed consent and the medical model of treating trans related conditions and more news on the genetic link to transsexuality.
Excerpt from my APA protest speech
On her television program, media activist Dina Boyer was kind enough to include a clip from my protest speech at the 2009 American Psychiatric Association convention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1diRKlKEzqU
This was the final episode of her show before it goes on hiatus. Please contact Dina to learn more about how you can help preserve local media activism in San Francisco.
Calpernia Addams 2
The second in a recent series I took of Calpernia Addams.
Calpernia Addams
I was messing around with light settings in my new studio. This one was kind of a happy accident.
Upcoming "Transproofed" screenings
Our newest short film Transproofed will be screening this summer
- Frameline
- June 25, 2009
- 7:00 pm
- Victoria Theatre
- 2961 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA 94103
I’m going to do my best to get up there in person.
It will also be screening this summer at Outfest (date and venue coming soon).
For more, see
"Miss Dis" video
Calpernia and I were experimenting with a new small studio I have set upfor doing greenscreen. The first thing we did was a video for her song Miss Dis.
Transamerican Love Story wins GLAAD Media Award
Transamerican Love Story tied for best reality show at the GLAAD Media Awards last night in San Francisco. Calpernia Addams was on hand to accept the award. The other winner, I want to Work for Diddy, included trans contestant Laverne Cox.
Full list:
http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=629
Thanks to the folks at Logo, World of Wonder, and Oh Really Productions for putting together a great show!
APA "gender identity disorder" protest poster
Here’s something I put together for the upcoming APA protests. You can learn more at:
http://www.gidreformnow.com
I wanted to make something with a 1973 kind of feel, to echo the historic APA decision in 1973 to depathologize homosexuality. The trick here was to explain a complicated issue and a lot of information succinctly.