Imag(in)ing Trans Partnerships

Collaborative Photography and Intimacy

Bibliographic Data

ID3628665
AuthorsSara Davidmann (University of the Arts London, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume61
Issue5
Pages636-653
Publication date2014-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2014.865481
PMID24295029
OpenAlexW2043965375
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

In this article, I argue that collaborative photography offers dynamic potential for imag(in)ing trans intimate partnerships beyond the authority of textual representation. I present five photographic and narrative case studies, spanning a range of trans partnerships in the UK, to demonstrate some of the complex ways in which bodies, genders, sexualities, and time intersect in trans intimacy. I argue that the photographs create an imaginative resource, both for the people depicted in the photographs and for those viewing the photographs, providing new possibilities for thinking about trans partnerships, expanding the ways in which trans intimate partnerships are imag(in)ed, and opening up new spaces of possibility for gender and sexual identities

Aesthetics · Art · Human sexuality · Narrative · Photography · Political science · Politics · Queer · Representation (politics · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Visual arts · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Computer Science · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods

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