Documenting a six-year relationship with
photos, video stills, letters and ephemera, this
book is a stunning, intimate, and wholly original
visual narrative by two rising artists who "put[ s]
queer consciousness on the front burner." Male becomes female. Female becomes male. Life becomes
art. Private becomes public. A major feature of the 2014
Whitney Biennial, this series of photographs that the New
York Times called "extremely provocative" explores ideas of
transformation both physical and psychological. It's the story of
two people in love, in a culture where the notion of gender has
become more fluid and at a time when trans people have never
been more accepted.
Documenting a six-year relationship with
photos, video stills, letters and ephemera, this
book is a stunning, intimate, and wholly original
visual narrative by two rising artists who "put[ s]
queer consciousness on the front burner." Male becomes female. Female becomes male. Life becomes
art. Private becomes public. A major feature of the 2014
Whitney Biennial, this series of photographs that the New
York Times called "extremely provocative" explores ideas of
transformation both physical and psychological. It's the story of
two people in love, in a culture where the notion of gender has
become more fluid and at a time when trans people have never
been more accepted. As both subjects and creators of these
images, Drucker and Ernst, both of whom transitioned gender,
represent themselves in the midst of shifting subjectivities and
identities. Collectively, these photographs, which have been
compared to the work of Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and Cindy
Sherman, document the story of their romantic and creative
collaboration over a period of six years. Simultaneously
narrative and documentary, they touch on a host of dynamics,
offering autobiography as ambiguity and unraveling identity as
a construction.
